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Loitering munitions: flagging an urgent need for legally binding rules for AWS
Earlier this month, a viral story alleged that a US Air Force simulation took place during which an “AI drone” “attacked” its human operator when they interfered with the targeting objectives set for the drone. The story was later retracted when the US Air Force source clarified that the scenario described had been a “thought experiment”. But “drones” that integrate automated, autonomous and AI technologies in targeting and mobility functions already exist – for example, in the form of loitering munitions that have been used in many recent conflicts, such as those in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh…
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