I speak on behalf of Human Rights Watch, a co-founding member of Stop Killer Robots campaign. The Martens Clause provides one existing ethical framework against which to assess autonomous weapons ...

Military commanders hope for a digitally enhanced force but will autonomous weapons mean they risk losing control?

A pledge against the use of killer robots, drones and other military weapons that once activated make decisions on their own. The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Pledge was signed in 2018 by more than two ...

In his sci-fi novel, Runaround, Isaac Asimov introduced the three laws of robotics to explore the moral boundaries of machine intelligence. His robots were programmed to preserve human life, obey ...

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, attends Modern Day Marine at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. (Lance Cpl. Valerie Escobar/Marine ...

Military equipment that once engaged makes decisions on its own. Operating on land, sea and air, drones are the category of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) known best by the general public. See smart ...