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- 1U.S. and Russia stripped human oversight from AI weapons pact●U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The United States and Russia have pushed to remove human oversight requirements from a global agreement on autonomous weapons, according to The Washington Post. The move leaves a major international framework on AI-powered weapons without binding human control provisions, drawing concern from arms control advocates who warn of the risks of delegating lethal decisions to machines.
- 2Autonomous strike drone picks and bombs targets with Nvidia chip●Autonomous strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to pick and bomb targets
A Swedish startup has developed attack drones that autonomously select and strike targets using an Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano running a small AI model, with no human input and no external communications. The development is drawing attention for showing how cheap, commercially available AI hardware can now power fully autonomous lethal weapons, raising debate over battlefield ethics and arms control.