Public Citizen draws attention to uncertainty around U.S. use of autonomous weapons

By Mariam Baksh / March 5, 2024 at 9:54 AM
A new report from the consumer group Public Citizen is highlighting the Defense Department's refusal to say whether it has tested any fully autonomous lethal weapons while pushing for a commitment against the use of such instruments, amid a rush of lobbying for the government to invest more in artificial intelligence technologies for warfighting. “The Pentagon should pledge not to use autonomous weapons and the U.S. government should support an international treaty prohibiting and regulating the use of such weapons,”...

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