Morning Overview on MSN

The Pentagon just asked Congress for $54.6 billion to build the largest autonomous warfare program in history — a single-year surge in drone and AI weapons spending

The Pentagon has asked Congress to approve roughly $54.6 billion for drones, artificial intelligence, and autonomous weapons ...
War on the Rocks

Autonomous Weapon Systems: No Human-in-the-Loop Required, and Other Myths Dispelled

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...
Nature

Why we should limit the autonomy of AI-enabled weapons

Weapons capable of identifying and attacking targets automatically have been in use for more than 80 years. An early example is the Mark 24 Fido, a US anti-submarine torpedo equipped with microphones ...
Human Rights Watch

A Hazard to Human Rights

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...