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US tests robotic dogs to patrol border prompting outcry
The plans have been dubbed “a civil liberties disaster in the making” by rights groups in the US.
Hopes of a ban on ‘killer robots’ are dim as UN weapons group meets
A UN committee on weapons is meeting this week to regulate the development of “killer robots”. But some world powers oppose any strict limit or ban on such weapons.
NGOs and activists call for a ban on the use of autonomous weapons
The move comes as the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), chaired by ambassador Yann Hwang of France, takes place in Geneva this week.
Tech this week: Ghost robotics unveils armed robot dog
Ghost robotics showed off the latest version of its robot dog and Prince William criticised the space tourism race.
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Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View
The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.
Euroviews. Future wars will be waged with robots. But so might future peace ǀ View
Artificial intelligence (AI) usually makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. [...] At the United Nations we have been exploring completely different scenarios for AI: its potential to be used for the noble purposes of peace and security.