Imagine a world where machines make life-or-death decisions without any hesitation or emotions, just artificial intelligence taking full control of deadly attacks. While it sounds like science fiction ...

Human Rights Watch, a co-founding member of Stop Killer Robots campaign, is deeply concerned about the grave humanitarian threats autonomous weapons systems pose during armed conflict. These systems ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the Chair’s background paper from last week and the latest revision of the rolling text dated May 12. We also welcome the opportunity to discuss these documents in an ...

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...