Automated Decision Research

@BanKillerRobots's research team. We track trends in autonomy in warfare & state support for int'l law on autonomous weapons. @automateddecision.bsky.social

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We send out fortnightly #news briefings on latest developments in:

🤖 autonomous weapon systems
🪖 military AI
👁️ biometrics
🌐 and automated decision making in wider society.

✏️ Sign up for our briefings at the bottom of this page: https://t.co/XVFMQvLpg9

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🎟️Come listen to our researcher Gugu Dube speak about the current state of #ArtificialIntelligence in warfare and what it means for peace

✏️Register: https://t.co/7FvucPnwIz

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Want to learn more about #AI in warfare?

Find out more on April 10 (10 AM UTC) when Gugu Dube, one of our @AutomatedDR researchers, will speak at an online #YWCA Seoul event on technology and peace!
@worldywca

✏️ Register here: https://t.co/0CU59rFU7M

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"It's dehumanising, it's unethical and the decision to take life should not be delegated to a machine. So we hope that states start to talk more about it...and advocate for a prohibition on #AutonomousWeapons systems that target human beings."
– @veritycoyle @amnesty
#CCWUN

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We’re at @UNGeneva for the first #UNCCW meeting of 2025.

#GGE Chair @Disarmament_NL and @INakamitsu reiterated states’ agreement to conclude work on the elements of an instrument on #AutonomousWeapons ideally by the end of 2025.

It's time for states to #StopKillerRobots.

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🚨 The Paris #AI summit sidelines AI safety in favour of drumming up business

🕛 The #Doomsday clock is now set at 89 seconds to midnight

🔙 #Google owner Alphabet rolls back its ban on using its AI for weapons

Read more in our latest #news briefing:
https://t.co/S1MpPSleFA

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The day after #Trump’s reelection, shares in private prison companies rose, indicating plans to expand facilities for detainees awaiting deportation and increase surveillance and AI technologies.

🗞️Read this story and more in our latest #news briefing
https://t.co/hlZ6VkBGTo

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“Companies and governments increasingly developing and deploying unregulated #tech to manage #migration.”

Read this article from @just_security on ‘Border technologies Under trump 2.0 ‘ by @_PMolnar

https://t.co/9JuhXoQEcZ

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#ReadThis for the opportunities in 2025 to move toward a legally binding instrument to #StopKillerRobots

🔗https://t.co/7h1k3vJgbY

#AutonomousWeapons

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Our latest #news briefing covers new developments in #autonomy in weapons systems and military #AI:

🤝Microsoft's recent ties with Israeli military
🏭AI military start up plans 1 billion factory in Ohio
📈Pentagon says AI is speeding up its “kill chain”

https://t.co/hlZ6VkCeIW

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Read this story and more on #autonomy in weapons systems in our latest news briefing (a new one will be released this Friday).

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A consortium including #Palantir, Anduril and potentially SpaceX and #OpenAI among othersI, are in talks to forum a consortium which will be able to jointly apply for U.S. defense contracts, reports @FT

https://t.co/dGOIcnd1cR

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🔗Read this story and more: https://t.co/UiEfeQJ4f0

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Our #news briefing includes this article from @techreview that predicts five major #AI advances – including more collaborations between defense companies and mainstream AI companies on military applications. #StopKillerRobots

https://t.co/LZ9HojPToQ

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“Comprehensively regulating #AutonomousWeapons systems requires a holistic approach that integrates international humanitarian law, human rights, ethics, and security considerations.” – @AlexanderKmentt for @ArmsControlNow

🔗 Full article: https://t.co/5VveTRXSg0

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Read this story from the @FT and more in our latest #news briefing

https://t.co/UiEfeQJ4f0

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“In the pursuit of potential future efficiencies, the use of AI administrative tools by military agencies introduce real risks. This is a trade-off that their purported benefits cannot justify.”

– @AINowInstitute’s Chief AIScientist @HeidyKhlaaf

https://t.co/UFQQJ2FCg9

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For more on #AutonomousWeapons, military #AI, #FacialRecognition read our latest #news briefing:

📰https://t.co/UiEfeQJ4f0

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.@SIPRI's report finds that "the presence of implicit assumptions around...sensitive characteristics in military #AI systems can result in misidentification of threats and nonthreats, flawed assessments of #humanitarian needs, and invasive surveillance and monitoring practices."

[SIPRI @SIPRIorg]

Military #AI systems are not immune to the biases that plague society. This SIPRI background paper calls for a common framework to understand and mitigate these biases in military AI, drawing lessons from civilian AI governance ➡️ https://t.co/UarIXRBpvF

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Read our first #news briefing of 2025!

Stories include:
🔮 Opportunities after the #UNGA resolution on #AutonomousWeapons
🏛️ The Pentagon’s Mad Dash for Silicon Valley’s AI Weapons
⚖️ A report on bias in military #ArtificialIntelligence

🔗: https://t.co/UiEfeQIwps

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⚡️BREAKING ⚡️161 states #VoteAgainstTheMachine at the UN General Assembly mandating NYC talks on #KillerRobots with ALL states for the first time!

Read more: https://t.co/U43TH78eMa