‘Machine warfare is coming’: US, China urged to address military AI as global rules stall

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The head of UNIDIR warns that machine warfare driven by artificial intelligence is imminent and calls for pragmatic global dialogue on military AI amid stalled international regulations. The US and China are urged to engage more actively in shaping AI warfare rules.

The head of a top UN security think tank has warned that the international community, along with industry, must pivot to pragmatic dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare, as a major global regulatory convention remains unlikely in the short term. “Machine warfare is coming,” said Robin Geiss, director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Unidir), during a lecture at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Tuesday. He warned that AI was reshaping military operations on...