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US and Russia strip safeguards from UN autonomous weapons treaty talks
Original: In Switzerland, UN negotiations for a treaty on lethal autonomous weapons saw U.S. and Russian diplomats remove several
During UN negotiations in Switzerland on a treaty covering lethal autonomous weapons, United States and Russian diplomats removed several safeguard provisions for artificial intelligence arms during the final sessions, according to a Washington Post report. The weakening of the draft text has drawn criticism from arms control advocates who fear killer robots are being regulated without meaningful human oversight guarantees.
Why now: Major powers reportedly gutted key safeguards in final treaty sessions, raising alarm over unregulated AI weapons.
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