This chart shows state positions on negotiating a new legally-binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems.

Opinion: Alexander Blanchard of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute argues that nations must embrace nuance ...

Discover 10 AI drone swarms redefining air combat, where autonomous coordination, and low costs challenge traditional air ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued one of the sharpest calls yet for global rules on military AI in his Wednesday address to the UN General Assembly. “Weapons are evolving faster than our ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Autonomous Military Weapon Market is experiencing rapid growth as nations increasingly invest in advanced technologies to bolster their defense capabilities ...

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the WSJ. The problems cited include more than a ...

Weapons capable of identifying and attacking targets automatically have been in use for more than 80 years. An early example is the Mark 24 Fido, a US anti-submarine torpedo equipped with microphones ...

In May 2019, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) declared, “No AI currently exists that can outduel a human strapped into a fighter jet in a high-speed, high-G dogfight.” Fast ...

The Pentagon is racing to deploy artificial intelligence across military operations before adversaries gain an irreversible edge, driven by lessons from Ukraine, where cheap drones powered by AI are ...

In an interview published Wednesday on Katie Couric‘s YouTube channel, Hinton said lethal autonomous weapons give wealthy nations significant advantages when considering military action against poorer ...

Autonomous tanks (including the green-eyed machines being tested by DARPA) and unmanned drones have become the order of the day in modern warfare. Without the need for pilots aboard, rocket-powered ...