⚠️ Digital dehumanisation is not an abstract concern - it's happening right now in conflicts around the world. Handing targeting decisions to machines strips people of their humanity. Victims are reduced to data points, while survivors have no one to hold accountable.

If you are curious about how things are going on autonomous weapons in Canada have a listen to this podcast featuring our friend and frequent collaborator Dr. Jason Millar! www.canadaland.com/podcast/185-... @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social

#185 Ottawa’s Killer Robot Problem

Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons.

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Seriously concerning in this context: "To enable rapid development, the taskforce has exemptions from standard financial and procedural controls." @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social

Drone Wars UK@dronewarsuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK MoD announces Rapid AI Delivery taskforce (Taskforce RAID) to accelerate the delivery of the AI capabilities to Armed Forces. www.gov.uk/government/n...

🎬 ICYMI: The next episode of “Ask the Arms Experts” delves into AI, with Branka Marijan 🤖 @ploughsharesca.bsky.social @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social See the full interview at the link below: youtu.be/MBwwbOOlSos?...

“Our main concern is that this is happening before specific rules are in place to make sure there is always meaningful human control in the use of force and life and death decisions aren’t delegated to machines” – @elizabethminor.bsky.social euperspectives.eu/2026/06/the-...

The EU has a killer robots rule. The world does not - EU Perspectives

The EU bans killer robot funding. But in Gaza and Ukraine, AI already selects targets. Global rules do not yet exist.

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"If humans are just rubber-stamping decisions, what are the lines of accountability there — and what does the liability look like?” #Autonomousweapons #StopKillerRobots campaigner @brankamarijan.bsky.social in @theverge.com www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

AI warfare is already here

Even Anthropic seems to think its red lines won’t hold for long.

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Preach! Glad to see that the pope is speaking our language ... @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1231...

Pope Leo says AI ‘needs to be disarmed’

Pontiff warns of dangers of a technological revolution driven by ‘the idolatry of profit’

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The need to safeguard humanity from dehumanising technology that, as #PopeLeo rightly identified, “reduc[e] victims to data”, is needed now, more than ever. Read our #PressRelease: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/respons...

“This issue extends beyond conflict. Technologies used on the battlefield are often transferred to policing and border management, making anyone a potential victim of automated harm.” #AutonomousWeapons independentonsaturday.co.za/technology/o...

South Africa's AI Policy: Now is the Time to Raise Our Concerns

Minister Solly Malatsi's withdrawal of South Africa's Draft National AI Policy raises critical questions about the integrity of policymaking in the digital age. As concerns about AI regulation mount, ...

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"We can't solve the harms of military AI using the same systems that created them. We need approaches that center marginalized voices and rethink how decisions are made." — @giselalujan.bsky.social #StopKillerRobots stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/whats-deco...

“Younger generations have grown up in a digital era, which gives us a unique and valuable perspective on the benefits and challenges of emerging technologies." - Lauren Barnard, youth campaigner Read about her first UN Meeting on #AutonomousWeapons stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/talking-to...

"Many of the same concerns my colleagues and I had eight years ago are echoed in the recent letter current Google employees sent their CEO Sundar Pichai last week." — Laura Nolan, ex-Google Software Engineer Highlights⬇️ Read Laura's story on our #Substack: www.substack.com/p/the-risks-...

In our latest Substack post, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social explores how defence sector PR monopolises attention while making an argument for the necessity of its #MilitaryAI products. #StopKillerRobots #Manifesto stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/defence-te...

Defence Tech PR in theatrical mode

Palantir’s 22-point manifesto and the morbid allure of rage bait

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“The lack of serious guardrails...shows a troubling lack of concern for these real and immediate risks to civilians both in the United States and abroad,” #StopKillerRobots @verityc.bsky.social on the need for new laws on #AutonomousWeapons @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/ai-weap...

As Hegseth Touts Autonomous Warfare Command, Human Rights Expert Pushes Civilian Protections | Common Dreams

Responding to other recent remarks from the Pentagon chief, the expert warned that “a sole focus on achieving maximum lethality is inherently incompatible with civilian protection.”

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If anyone knows what's at stake, it's the people building the tech. #Google #TechWorker #AutonomousWeapons

The letter from hundreds of #Google workers to their CEO cited #AutonomousWeapons as an example of potentially harmful applications of AI. #StopKillerRobots We stand with the workers who believe that #AI should be used to benefit humanity, not harm it. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

Hundreds of Google workers urge CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon

In an open letter, Google workers say doing a deal with the Department of Defense would hurt the tech giant's reputation.

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🚨 The Forum on the Arms Trade is seeking proposals for a short-term consultancy to revamp its expert pages. Visit the Forum’s “Jobs Corner”, to learn more about this and other professional opportunities: www.forumarmstrade.org/rfpexpertpag...

RFP - Revamp Expert Pages

The Forum on the Arms Trade is seeking a full-time program officer to continue to strengthen and grow awareness of and capabilities of its community of listed experts.

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With growing investment in and development of #AutonomousWeapons a treaty to #StopKillerRobots is needed now more than ever. www.southcom.mil/News/PressRe...

Palantir's recent manifesto is another reason why we need laws to #StopKillerRobots. States must urgently launch treaty negotiations on #AutonomousWeapons at November's RevCon at the UN in Geneva. #AI #Palantir #Manifesto #UnitedNations

“If AI is doing all the data analysis and saying, OK, here’s the target, and you just have a human being saying, OK... What’s happened is just a dependence on these machines.” #MilitaryAI #StopKillerRobots www.commondreams.org/news/artific...

Naomi Klein, Bernie Sanders, and Ro Khanna Roundtable Explores Future of AI | Common Dreams

The Sanders Institute hosts Sen. Bernie Sanders, Congressman Ro Khanna, and Naomi Klein for a livestreamed discussion exploring "the progressive vision for artificial intelligence and robotics, and ...

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"It's not clear that these systems can do what [militaries] want them to do in a predictable and reliable way." #AutonomousWeapons Our Campaign Chair Peter Asaro spoke with @malwarebytes.com's about autonomous weapons and #MilitaryAI. 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...

Killer robots are here. Now what? (feat. Peter Asaro)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 5 April · 43min

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We're delighted to welcome @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social to the Forum's expert community list. Learn more about her work at www.forumarmstrade.org/nicole.html

Nicole van Rooijen

Nicole van Rooijen is the Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots in Geneva, Switzerland.

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"It's not clear that these systems can do what [militaries] want them to do in a predictable and reliable way." #AutonomousWeapons Our Campaign Chair Peter Asaro spoke with @malwarebytes.com's Lock and Code podcast about autonomous weapons and #MilitaryAI. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...

Killer robots are here. Now what? (feat. Peter Asaro)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 5 April · 43min

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"What regulation should look like is relatively straightforward, even if it is hard to enforce. AI systems used in targeting must be explainable – not via probability score but reasoning that a lawyer can audit." #StopKillerRobots www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high

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"while computer algorithms can process data much faster than humans, speeding up targeting decisions significantly erodes human oversight and accountability, and will inevitably mean more civilian casualties." - @dronewarsuk.bsky.social #StopKillerRobots www.computerweekly.com/news/3666403...

UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems | Computer Weekly

The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces.

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"We are doing no less in this room than defining the role of humans in future warfare, a responsibility that should weigh heavy on everyone." Read our latest briefing paper on the decade of work toward an instrument on #AutonomousWeapons at the #UNCCW 📄: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/inf...

We were on the #BBC Radio Ulster yesterday speaking about the legal and ethical issues #AutonomousWeapons pose. Listen to Roos Boer from #StopKillerRobots founding member @paxvoorvrede.nl 🎧 (starts at 1:03:23) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Talkback - 18/03/2026 - BBC Sounds

William Crawley debates challenging issues and talks to the people making the headlines.

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What’s it like going to UN Meeting on #AutonomousWeapons? Especially as we’re seeing #AI and #automation becoming a greater part of how we live and engage in warfare? 📹 Lauren from our Youth Network shares her experience of joining the #StopKillerRobots delegation at the UN in Geneva 🇺🇳

"This conflict is...about where the line should be drawn for how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used militarily. About who sets the standard, and how." Read this op ed from campaign members Norwegian People's Aid (@npaid.bsky.social) in @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social www.dn.no/innlegg/vape...

KI i krig: Hvem skal sette grensene?

Dragkampen mellom Pentagon og KI-selskapet Anthropic viser hvorfor stater eller teknologigiganter ikke bør få definere hvordan KI brukes i krig.

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“many researchers have ethical and moral objections to AI’s use for #autonomousWeapons… #AI models can give inaccurate outputs, and how they reach their conclusions is often opaque.” @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Stop the use of AI in war until laws can be agreed

Researchers working on the most advanced AI models want rules to be drawn up to minimize the harm the technologies could cause. Their warnings need to be heard.

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