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US and Russia strip human control rules from UN autonomous weapons draft

Original: The U.S. and russia removed provisions from draft # UN rules on autonomous weapons requiring # AI systems to operate pre

The United States and Russia removed provisions from a draft UN framework on autonomous weapons that would have required AI systems to operate predictably and reliably, and mandated that humans verify AI-identified targets before strikes are carried out. The move has drawn criticism from arms control advocates, who warn it weakens accountability and could allow lethal decisions to be delegated to machines without meaningful human oversight.

Why now: Deleting human-verification requirements from UN rules on AI weapons raises alarms about accountability in autonomous warfare.

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