Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons
The Guardian ·
UN conference this month seen as key moment after years of discussions on filling gap in governance of AI systems Plans to fill a gap in the global governance of autonomous weapons are in jeopardy as a group of nations led by Russia and the US move to use a UN conference this month to block proposals to negotiate a legally binding set of rules. The scale of the opposition will become clear at a diplomatic retreat starting on Friday before the seventh review conference on “certain conventional weapons” in Geneva due to be attended by 128 countries from 16 to 20 November. Continue reading...