Autonomous Weapons Watch

@AW_watch tracks the use and development of autonomous weapons systems.
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[Airwars @airwars]

Exclusive: Airwars and @Independent identified the first civilian the U.S. military has accepted killing in strikes that it declared were AI-assisted.

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https://t.co/As6KKCX1w0

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

⬇️ Stay tuned at @FLI_org for highlights from the @UN open informal consultations on autonomous weapons systems, happening today and tomorrow:

[Future of Life Institute @FLI_org]

👋 🇺🇳 We're at the @UN for the open informal consultations on autonomous weapons systems, as discussions continue towards an urgently-needed legally binding instrument.

👀 Keep an eye on our feed for more updates as the talks continue today and tomorrow!

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

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[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

We've published a new series of autonomous weapons updates on our database, Autonomous Weapons Watch.

See the updates at the link in the replies:

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@972mag https://t.co/QKk27mQzI8

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

Reports from @972mag that the Israeli army is building a military AI LLM trained on surveillance data from Palestinians, enabling the army to "rapidly process large quantities of surveillance material in order to 'answer questions' about specific individuals."

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[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

According to multiple military leaders, the U.S. Army is working on a fifth Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), capable of firing from autonomous launchers and striking targets over 1000 kilometres away.

Source: https://t.co/XyGtOSTWLY

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed the Pentagon to begin Replicator 2, expanding the initial Replicator program’s goal to amass thousands of autonomous weapons by 2025.

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https://t.co/nDtFfh2PB3

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

According to his defence strategy proposal, Iran's newly-confirmed defence minister Brig. Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh wants to equip drones with AI to enable swarming capabilities.

Source: https://t.co/5shD0YgzpP

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

Reporting from @htTweets and @WSJ suggests Ukraine is replacing many of their American-built small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with Chinese UAVs and domestically-produced UAVs made with Chinese parts, after the failure of hundreds of U.S.-built UAVs:
https://t.co/l64vnaF3ev

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

Automated decision support systems, whilst not autonomous weapons systems, carry out similar autonomous targeting and identification functions.
An important read to understand the extent to which algorithms can be used in the military kill chain:
https://t.co/bIjF1sfPxh

[Jessica Dorsey (@jessicadorsey.bsky.social) @jessicadorsey]

Here we are, swarms reportedly active on the battlefield in Ukraine

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

An autonomous weapon doesn't have to be state of the art to be deadly.
The required technology to create a simple autonomous weapon already exists, as shown in this video.

[Luis Wenus @luiswenus]

we built an AI-controlled homing/killer drone -- full video

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

With the U.S. Department of Defense building autonomous drone swarms, the @NYTimes outlines how development of such technology has evolved:
https://t.co/3qoHZg4EDj

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

Ukraine's Minister for Digital Transformation has announced plans to create an "army of robots" to deploy against Russia, with weaponry such as automated machine guns, empowered with autonomous targeting, already used.

Source: https://t.co/e7zrcjoNvN

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

At the African Air Force Forum, Zeel AI presented its new "advanced loitering munitions".

Capable of fully autonomous operation, loitering munitions like these are designed to autonomously seek and destroy targets by crashing into them.

Source: https://t.co/zLaUuRckOv

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

Reporting suggests Ukraine has deployed autonomous Saker Scout drones against Russian targets.

In addition to conducting aerial reconnaissance, the drones are allegedly enabled to find and attack targets without human oversight.

Source: https://t.co/tFbMmD9hyR

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

India has contracted Sagar Defence Engineering to develop autonomous weaponized swarm boats for their navy; they will also acquire 30 new autonomous underwater vehicles.

Source: https://t.co/oWiVQ2w7Oo

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

This account has been set up to monitor and provide updates on autonomous weapons systems.

📥 Reach out at [email protected].

[Autonomous Weapons Watch @AW_watch]

Its message is simple: The time has come to #BanSlaughterbots!

https://t.co/454pw5wCxh