Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AI’s massive power demands—and Trump’s done a lot to make it easier for them. Heidy Khlaaf, the head AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, tells us why that’s dangerous. @mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/power-compan...

“The race to regulate #AutonomousWeapons is at a critical juncture and legal red lines have never been more urgent. The clock is ticking and time is running out.” #StopKillerRobots 📄 Read our full #FirstCommittee statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sto... #UNGA80 @yanitrak.bsky.social

🚀 LAUNCHED: Our Investor Statement on Autonomous Weapons is LIVE. In partnership with Etica Funds, we are calling on investors worldwide to call on governments to keep humans in control of life-and-death decisions. Here’s why this matters 🧵⬇️ 🔗 www.stopkillerrobots.org/investorstatement

#HighLevelWeek at the United Nations🇺🇳 made clear that #AutonomousWeapons are on the table. The international community needs to create legal safeguards on military #AI and #AutonomousWeapons. 🧵👇 Here are some key takeaways from this week at #UNGA80

💡 What if “meaningful human control” meant refusing to go to war? Anthropologist Lucy Suchman argues we must expand the debate beyond weapon tech to democratic governance & accountability. 🔗 https://stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/illegal-war #StopKillerRobots #EthicalAI #Demilitarisation

📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else! www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

States must now turn the common ground they have developed into law. We stand ready to support states in taking the courageous political action needed to negotiate a treaty that will save lives and stop the slide towards the automation of killing. #CCWUN t.co/uomUv3VUI9

We welcome this joint statement and urge states to take this commitment seriously. States have shown courage and political will this week, and must now build on it. They must launch negotiations on a legally binding instrument on #AutonomousWeapons as soon as possible. #CCWUN

🚨🚨“We are therefore ready to move ahead towards negotiations.” #CCWUN closes with a joint statement from 42 states affirming that the Chair’s rolling text discussed this week can form the basis of treaty negotiations on #KillerRobots.

"Deploy millions of weapons without risking millions of lives"? Military AI companies sell fantasies. The reality: more violence, more instability. Don’t fall for the hype. 📖 Our latest Substack: stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/dont-belie... ✏️ @elkeschwarz.bsky.social

“We believe the progress states have made in their discussions means that the international community can now move to negotiating a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems” – our Policy Manager @elizabethminor.bsky.social takes the floor at #CCWUN

What's happening as states gather at the #UN in Geneva this week to discuss #AutonomousWeapons? Our Policy Manager @elizabethminor.bsky.social explains 👇 Watch the meeting live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e...

With drones and systems with concerning levels of autonomy being used in Somalia, Mali, Burkina Faso and other states across the continent. Ishmael Bhila explains why #AfricanStates need to speak up to #StopKillerRobots at this week’s UN meetings in Geneva #UNCCW

"[Human] control as a principle in international law is crucial for drawing red lines to protect our humanity, and for establishing clearly what we find fundamentally ethically unacceptable as an int'l community." – @rboer.bsky.social delivers #StopKillerRobots statement at #CCWUN @paxvoorvrede.nl

📣 This June 25, I’ll join Richard Moyes in a powerful dialogue hosted by @fossiltreaty.bsky.social We’ll share lessons from the @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social campaign on banning autonomous weapons and reshaping global norms. See you there! Register here 👇🏾 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#Listen to the “Death by Algorithm” podcast to hear our Programmes and Outreach Lead Charlotte Akin speak about our coalition, progress toward a treaty to #StopKillerRobots, and the need for meaningful human control in the use of force. open.spotify.com/episode/3BaH... bsky.app/profile/sune...

“this issue concerns the future of multilateralism, of international law, and of our shared humanity…autonomy in weapons will not be confined to the battlefield - it will affect law enforcement, border control & other domains of public life” #KillerRobots www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...

Stop Killer Robots members from all over the world are in New York for the first talks specifically on #KillerRobots at the UN 🇺🇳 NYC! This is the first time all states will have a seat at the table. All voices need to be heard if we are to create a treaty humanity needs. 1/🧵

Informal consultations on #AutonomousWeapons at the #UN in New York have started - watch our feed for updates over the two-day meeting! It's time to #StopKillerRobots

@latvianmfa.bsky.social @arlietas.bsky.social @baibabraze.bsky.social @tsahkna.bsky.social @radek-sikorski.bsky.social Anti-personnel #landmines were banned because almost all victims are innocent civilians, including children. Don't abandon the #MineBanTreaty @minefreeworld.bsky.social

We’re at #UN in Geneva for the first #UNCCW meeting of 2025. #GGE Chair Robert in den Bosch and High Representative of Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu reiterated states’ agreement to conclude work on the elements of an instrument on #AutonomousWeapons ideally by the end of 2025.

Join us in Taipei 🇹🇼 for #RightsCon2025! 📺 We’re hosting an online event on Digital Dehumanisation and Automated Decision making! 📆Wednesday, 26 February ⏰ 8:15PM Taipei | 12:15PM GMT | 7:15AM EST 🎟️Get your Community (online) ticket at: www.rightscon.org @rightscon.org 1/5