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Stop Killer Robots works to ensure human control in the use of force. Our campaign calls for new international law on autonomy in weapons systems. #TeamHuman

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From António Guterres to leaders and officials from Mexico, Greece, Barbados, Ukraine, and beyond, governments and UN officials highlighted concerns about #AutonomousWeapons, human control and the need for international law. Swipe through for key quotes from the week. 🧵 #KillerRobots #UNGA
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"More civilian harm, less accountability and a faster slide into riskier, automated warfare.” That's what's at stake if states do not move toward a treaty to #StopKillerRobots at November's CCW Review Conference www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... #AutonomousWeapons
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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“[A machine] must never have the final say over who lives and who dies.” Austria’s Foreign Minister warned the UN that increasingly #AutonomousWeapons are already being used on the battlefield. Governments must ensure humans — not machines — remain in control. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mqo...
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🇦🇹 Austria - Federal Minister Addresses United Nations General Debate, 81st Session | #UNGA
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“[AI is] being used to target real people, real ships and real schools, that’s a real problem today.” #StopKillerRobots' Peter Asaro spoke to @sfgate.com about AI-enabled surveillance, the growing accessibility of dangerous tech, and why regulation needs to catch up. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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This SF startup's advanced stalking drone is meant to keep you safe
A terrifying video shows an AI-piloted drone that can stalk someone.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"[AI is] making lethal recommendations, which don’t appear to receive enough human oversight to prevent atrocities." States must act now and create legal safeguards to #StopKillerRobots www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Killer AI is already here—we’re using it in Iran
Despite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Killer Robots should be forbidden. I don't accept the idea that a machine can decide on the life or death of people." —‚ #UnitedNations Secretary General Antonio Guterres We need a treaty to regulate #AutonomousWeapons now. #StopKillerRobots www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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UN Chief Guterres calls for ban on ‘killer robots’
In this episode of On the Record, UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for ban on autonomous ‘killer robots’.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🕊️ This International Day of Peace, people around the world are calling for meaningful human control over decisions about the use of force. Different languages. Different voices. One message: Less autonomy. More humanity. #InternationalDayOfPeace #StopKillerRobots #AutonomousWeapons
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
⬇️ Read @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social's First Committee Briefing book for our entry on #AutonomousWeapons and why states should commit to preserving meaningful human control and urgently start negotiations of a legally binding instrument to #StopKillerRobots reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One year after Stop Killer Robots and Etica Funds launched our Investor Statement on autonomous weapons, we brought leading investors into the room at Geneva during the #CCW to discuss what unregulated autonomy in weapons means for the financial sector.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On Saturday, 5 September, around 3am, the #CCWUN GGE adopted by consensus the “elements of an instrument” on #AutonomousWeapons. Now they must make that instrument a reality. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/nothing... /1
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today's decisions will shape the future young people inherit. Our #Youth Delegates were in Geneva this week for UN discussuons on #AutonomousWeapons. Here's what they had to say about their experience — and why young voices belong in these conversations. #StopKillerRobots #AutonomousWeapons #CCWUN
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Clear, binding rules would help ensure that increasingly #AutonomousWarfare does not make violence easier to unleash and harder to control." ❗A key message to states as the #CCWUN in Geneva concludes today. @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @jessicadorsey.bsky.social theconversation.com/autonomous-w...
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Autonomous weapons can select targets without human help – now is the time for binding rules
Officials are meeting in Geneva to negotiate urgent controls on autonomous weapons.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined our Geneva side event on #AutonomousWeapons! 🤝🇺🇳 On Monday, we explored the humanitarian, human rights and children’s rights — concerns that must feature more in international discussions. These must be at the centre of a treaty to #StopKillerRobots
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
⚠️ Digital dehumanisation is not an abstract concern - it's happening right now in conflicts around the world. Handing targeting decisions to machines strips people of their humanity. Victims are reduced to data points, while survivors have no one to hold accountable.
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Mines Action Canada @minesactioncan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If you are curious about how things are going on autonomous weapons in Canada have a listen to this podcast featuring our friend and frequent collaborator Dr. Jason Millar! www.canadaland.com/podcast/185-... @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social
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#185 Ottawa’s Killer Robot Problem
Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons.
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Drone Wars UK @dronewarsuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Seriously concerning in this context: "To enable rapid development, the taskforce has exemptions from standard financial and procedural controls." @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social
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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🎬 ICYMI: The next episode of “Ask the Arms Experts” delves into AI, with Branka Marijan 🤖 @ploughsharesca.bsky.social @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social See the full interview at the link below: youtu.be/MBwwbOOlSos?...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“Our main concern is that this is happening before specific rules are in place to make sure there is always meaningful human control in the use of force and life and death decisions aren’t delegated to machines” – @elizabethminor.bsky.social euperspectives.eu/2026/06/the-...
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The EU has a killer robots rule. The world does not - EU Perspectives
The EU bans killer robot funding. But in Gaza and Ukraine, AI already selects targets. Global rules do not yet exist.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"If humans are just rubber-stamping decisions, what are the lines of accountability there — and what does the liability look like?” #Autonomousweapons #StopKillerRobots campaigner @brankamarijan.bsky.social in @theverge.com www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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AI warfare is already here
Even Anthropic seems to think its red lines won’t hold for long.
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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Preach! Glad to see that the pope is speaking our language ... @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1231...
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Pope Leo says AI ‘needs to be disarmed’
Pontiff warns of dangers of a technological revolution driven by ‘the idolatry of profit’
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The need to safeguard humanity from dehumanising technology that, as #PopeLeo rightly identified, “reduc[e] victims to data”, is needed now, more than ever. Read our #PressRelease: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/respons...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“This issue extends beyond conflict. Technologies used on the battlefield are often transferred to policing and border management, making anyone a potential victim of automated harm.” #AutonomousWeapons independentonsaturday.co.za/technology/o...
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South Africa's AI Policy: Now is the Time to Raise Our Concerns
Minister Solly Malatsi's withdrawal of South Africa's Draft National AI Policy raises critical questions about the integrity of policymaking in the digital age. As concerns about AI regulation mount, ...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"We can't solve the harms of military AI using the same systems that created them. We need approaches that center marginalized voices and rethink how decisions are made." — @giselalujan.bsky.social #StopKillerRobots stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/whats-deco...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“Younger generations have grown up in a digital era, which gives us a unique and valuable perspective on the benefits and challenges of emerging technologies." - Lauren Barnard, youth campaigner Read about her first UN Meeting on #AutonomousWeapons stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/talking-to...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"Many of the same concerns my colleagues and I had eight years ago are echoed in the recent letter current Google employees sent their CEO Sundar Pichai last week." — Laura Nolan, ex-Google Software Engineer Highlights⬇️ Read Laura's story on our #Substack: www.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In our latest Substack post, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social explores how defence sector PR monopolises attention while making an argument for the necessity of its #MilitaryAI products. #StopKillerRobots #Manifesto stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/defence-te...
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Defence Tech PR in theatrical mode
Palantir’s 22-point manifesto and the morbid allure of rage bait
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“The lack of serious guardrails...shows a troubling lack of concern for these real and immediate risks to civilians both in the United States and abroad,” #StopKillerRobots @verityc.bsky.social on the need for new laws on #AutonomousWeapons @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/ai-weap...
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As Hegseth Touts Autonomous Warfare Command, Human Rights Expert Pushes Civilian Protections | Common Dreams
Responding to other recent remarks from the Pentagon chief, the expert warned that “a sole focus on achieving maximum lethality is inherently incompatible with civilian protection.”
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If anyone knows what's at stake, it's the people building the tech. #Google #TechWorker #AutonomousWeapons
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The letter from hundreds of #Google workers to their CEO cited #AutonomousWeapons as an example of potentially harmful applications of AI. #StopKillerRobots We stand with the workers who believe that #AI should be used to benefit humanity, not harm it. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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Hundreds of Google workers urge CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon
In an open letter, Google workers say doing a deal with the Department of Defense would hurt the tech giant's reputation.
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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🚨 The Forum on the Arms Trade is seeking proposals for a short-term consultancy to revamp its expert pages. Visit the Forum’s “Jobs Corner”, to learn more about this and other professional opportunities: www.forumarmstrade.org/rfpexpertpag...
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RFP - Revamp Expert Pages
The Forum on the Arms Trade is seeking a full-time program officer to continue to strengthen and grow awareness of and capabilities of its community of listed experts.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
With growing investment in and development of #AutonomousWeapons a treaty to #StopKillerRobots is needed now more than ever. www.southcom.mil/News/PressRe...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Palantir's recent manifesto is another reason why we need laws to #StopKillerRobots. States must urgently launch treaty negotiations on #AutonomousWeapons at November's RevCon at the UN in Geneva. #AI #Palantir #Manifesto #UnitedNations
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“If AI is doing all the data analysis and saying, OK, here’s the target, and you just have a human being saying, OK... What’s happened is just a dependence on these machines.” #MilitaryAI #StopKillerRobots www.commondreams.org/news/artific...
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Naomi Klein, Bernie Sanders, and Ro Khanna Roundtable Explores Future of AI | Common Dreams
The Sanders Institute hosts Sen. Bernie Sanders, Congressman Ro Khanna, and Naomi Klein for a livestreamed discussion exploring "the progressive vision for artificial intelligence and robotics, and ...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"It's not clear that these systems can do what [militaries] want them to do in a predictable and reliable way." #AutonomousWeapons Our Campaign Chair Peter Asaro spoke with @malwarebytes.com's about autonomous weapons and #MilitaryAI. 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
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Killer robots are here. Now what? (feat. Peter Asaro)
Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 5 April · 43min
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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We're delighted to welcome @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social to the Forum's expert community list. Learn more about her work at www.forumarmstrade.org/nicole.html
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Nicole van Rooijen
Nicole van Rooijen is the Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"It's not clear that these systems can do what [militaries] want them to do in a predictable and reliable way." #AutonomousWeapons Our Campaign Chair Peter Asaro spoke with @malwarebytes.com's Lock and Code podcast about autonomous weapons and #MilitaryAI. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
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Killer robots are here. Now what? (feat. Peter Asaro)
Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 5 April · 43min
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"What regulation should look like is relatively straightforward, even if it is hard to enforce. AI systems used in targeting must be explainable – not via probability score but reasoning that a lawyer can audit." #StopKillerRobots www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models
From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"while computer algorithms can process data much faster than humans, speeding up targeting decisions significantly erodes human oversight and accountability, and will inevitably mean more civilian casualties." - @dronewarsuk.bsky.social #StopKillerRobots www.computerweekly.com/news/3666403...
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UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems | Computer Weekly
The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"We are doing no less in this room than defining the role of humans in future warfare, a responsibility that should weigh heavy on everyone." Read our latest briefing paper on the decade of work toward an instrument on #AutonomousWeapons at the #UNCCW 📄: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/inf...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We were on the #BBC Radio Ulster yesterday speaking about the legal and ethical issues #AutonomousWeapons pose. Listen to Roos Boer from #StopKillerRobots founding member @paxvoorvrede.nl 🎧 (starts at 1:03:23) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Talkback - 18/03/2026 - BBC Sounds
William Crawley debates challenging issues and talks to the people making the headlines.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
What’s it like going to UN Meeting on #AutonomousWeapons? Especially as we’re seeing #AI and #automation becoming a greater part of how we live and engage in warfare? 📹 Lauren from our Youth Network shares her experience of joining the #StopKillerRobots delegation at the UN in Geneva 🇺🇳
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"This conflict is...about where the line should be drawn for how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used militarily. About who sets the standard, and how." Read this op ed from campaign members Norwegian People's Aid (@npaid.bsky.social) in @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social www.dn.no/innlegg/vape...
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KI i krig: Hvem skal sette grensene?
Dragkampen mellom Pentagon og KI-selskapet Anthropic viser hvorfor stater eller teknologigiganter ikke bør få definere hvordan KI brukes i krig.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“many researchers have ethical and moral objections to AI’s use for #autonomousWeapons… #AI models can give inaccurate outputs, and how they reach their conclusions is often opaque.” @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Stop the use of AI in war until laws can be agreed
Researchers working on the most advanced AI models want rules to be drawn up to minimize the harm the technologies could cause. Their warnings need to be heard.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The tug-of-war in the United States highlights precisely the fundamental question that states must agree on: What limitations should we place on weapons systems that are capable of identifying, selecting, and attacking targets on their own, without human intervention? www.dn.no/innlegg/vape...
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KI i krig: Hvem skal sette grensene?
Dragkampen mellom Pentagon og KI-selskapet Anthropic viser hvorfor stater eller teknologigiganter ikke bør få definere hvordan KI brukes i krig.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🍿Join us, New York! Tomorrow at 5:20pm, we’ll be at a screening of new film #DRGN followed by Q&A featuring Isabelle Jones, our Head of Gov't Relations & Advocacy, who speak about the gap between this sci-fi horror and our reality. 🎟️https://angelikafilmcenter.com/villageeast/movies/details/dragn
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
As states discussed changes to a text that could form the basis of an #AutonomousWeapons treaty, the use of AI targeting in Iran demonstrated that meaningful human control over the use of force is already being weakened to devastating humanitarian effect. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/reports...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"AI-enabled decision-support systems reduce the separation between recommending and executing a strike to a 'dangerously thin' line and risk introducing automation bias, when humans overly trust outputs produced by machines." www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #StopKillerRobots #MilitaryAI
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US Military Relying on AI as Key Tool to Speed Iran Operations
US military forces are turning to a range of artificial intelligence tools to quickly manage enormous amounts of data for operations against Iran, according to US Central Command, highlighting the eme...
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
“AI gets it wrong...We need humans to check the output of generative AI when the stakes are life and death.” The U.S. military is using advanced generative AI to create target lists. Machines should decide who lies and who dies. #StopKillerRobots www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic’s AI tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud
Anthropic’s AI tool Claude is playing a key role in the U.S. military’s campaign in Iran, amid a bitter fight with the Pentagon over the terms of its use in war.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"[Autonomous weapons] are, among other things, moral distance machines. They allow states to industrialize killing while diffusing responsibility...until no individual person feels or can be made to feel that they bear meaningful accountability for a specific death." newrepublic.com/article/2071...
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Who’s Deciding Where the Bombs Drop in Iran? Maybe Not Even Humans.
Behind last week’s scrum between the Trump administration and Anthropic lies a deeper question of how warfare is conducted—and whether accountability even exists anymore.
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Many thanks to all who attended our #UN side event today. As we near the #CCW Review Conference later this year, it is important to reflect on the 10+ years work of the #UNCCW on #AutonomousWeapons. This forum is crucial need for autonomous weapons regulation becomes increasingly urgent.
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