"What regulation should look like is relatively straightforward, even if it is hard to enforce. AI systems used in targeting must be explainable – not via probability score but reasoning that a lawyer can audit." #StopKillerRobots www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

"while computer algorithms can process data much faster than humans, speeding up targeting decisions significantly erodes human oversight and accountability, and will inevitably mean more civilian casualties." - @dronewarsuk.bsky.social #StopKillerRobots www.computerweekly.com/news/3666403...

"We are doing no less in this room than defining the role of humans in future warfare, a responsibility that should weigh heavy on everyone." Read our latest briefing paper on the decade of work toward an instrument on #AutonomousWeapons at the #UNCCW 📄: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/inf...

We were on the #BBC Radio Ulster yesterday speaking about the legal and ethical issues #AutonomousWeapons pose. Listen to Roos Boer from #StopKillerRobots founding member @paxvoorvrede.nl 🎧 (starts at 1:03:23) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What’s it like going to UN Meeting on #AutonomousWeapons? Especially as we’re seeing #AI and #automation becoming a greater part of how we live and engage in warfare? 📹 Lauren from our Youth Network shares her experience of joining the #StopKillerRobots delegation at the UN in Geneva 🇺🇳

"This conflict is...about where the line should be drawn for how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used militarily. About who sets the standard, and how." Read this op ed from campaign members Norwegian People's Aid (@npaid.bsky.social) in @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social www.dn.no/innlegg/vape...

“many researchers have ethical and moral objections to AI’s use for #autonomousWeapons… #AI models can give inaccurate outputs, and how they reach their conclusions is often opaque.” @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The tug-of-war in the United States highlights precisely the fundamental question that states must agree on: What limitations should we place on weapons systems that are capable of identifying, selecting, and attacking targets on their own, without human intervention? www.dn.no/innlegg/vape...

🍿Join us, New York! Tomorrow at 5:20pm, we’ll be at a screening of new film #DRGN followed by Q&A featuring Isabelle Jones, our Head of Gov't Relations & Advocacy, who speak about the gap between this sci-fi horror and our reality. 🎟️https://angelikafilmcenter.com/villageeast/movies/details/dragn

As states discussed changes to a text that could form the basis of an #AutonomousWeapons treaty, the use of AI targeting in Iran demonstrated that meaningful human control over the use of force is already being weakened to devastating humanitarian effect. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/reports...

"AI-enabled decision-support systems reduce the separation between recommending and executing a strike to a 'dangerously thin' line and risk introducing automation bias, when humans overly trust outputs produced by machines." www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #StopKillerRobots #MilitaryAI

“AI gets it wrong...We need humans to check the output of generative AI when the stakes are life and death.” The U.S. military is using advanced generative AI to create target lists. Machines should decide who lies and who dies. #StopKillerRobots www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"[Autonomous weapons] are, among other things, moral distance machines. They allow states to industrialize killing while diffusing responsibility...until no individual person feels or can be made to feel that they bear meaningful accountability for a specific death." newrepublic.com/article/2071...

Many thanks to all who attended our #UN side event today. As we near the #CCW Review Conference later this year, it is important to reflect on the 10+ years work of the #UNCCW on #AutonomousWeapons. This forum is crucial need for autonomous weapons regulation becomes increasingly urgent.

🚨 SIDE EVENT + PUBLICATION LAUNCH: join us for today's side event on the progress of the #GGE on LAWS after a decade of work on #AutonomousWeapons and ahead of the November #CCWUN Review Conference later this year where the group's mandate will be reviewed.

We're back in the room for the afternoon session of the #CCWUN meeting on #AutonomousWeapons. Over these first two days of the meeting, we've made a number of statements 🔗 Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y... ⬇️ Full statements

The current context that the current United Nations meeting on #AutonomousWeapons are taking place in demonstrate that it's time for governments to show leadership and negotiate a treaty to stop the automation of killing. Here's what happened on Day 1 of #CCWUN meeting on #KillerRobots

As states discuss #AutonomousWeapons at the #UN this week, this is what's happening outside the Geneva meeting room: 📌 Increasing reports of weapons with autonomous features being used 📌 Military AI tools linked to serious civilian harm 📌 Pressure on industry to adopt more lax ethical standards

🆕 Our new regional briefings explain the region-specific concerns for #AutonomousWeapons and what states in particular parts of the world have done to work toward a treaty to #StopKillerRobots 👉 www.stopkillerrobots.org/skr-research...

Governments need to launch treaty negotiations to #StopKillerRobots now. This week we’re at the UN Geneva for killer robots discussions to remind states what’s at stake. This action is too important for inaction. Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v...

Press release! "We are at a pivotal moment for humanity. When the companies building these technologies are themselves refusing to deploy it on safety grounds...” Nicole Van Rooijen, Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/press-r... #anthropic #LLMS #AI #Pentagon

#AutonomousWeapons are a global issue, but their risks look different across regions. Last week in #Geneva we met with reps from Africa and Latin America & the Caribbean to discuss #regional concerns and the push for international rules to #StopKillerRobots. New regional briefings out now ⬇️

Our Isabelle Jones joins the PodMAPS conversation to explore what’s at stake with #AutonomousWeapons and why the decisions governments make now will shape the future of human control, accountability, and the protection of civilians. 🎧 Spotify: lnkd.in/e3GWswbR 🎧 Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/eX3WNUMr

"𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🇧🇷 In December, campaigners took action at Christ the Redeemer in Rio to deliver a simple message: “Machines should not decide who lives and who dies.” Public actions like this keep human dignity at the centre of the debate on #AutonomousWeapons. #StopKillerRobots

"The #Pentagon's hardball with #Anthropic sets the tone for its negotiations with OpenAI, Google and xAI, all of which have agreed to remove their #safeguards for use in the military's unclassified systems, but are not yet used for more sensitive classified work." www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

"New international laws on autonomous weapon systems are definitely feasible, we just have to take the next step now." – Stop Killer Robots, speaking to @heise.de #REAIM www.heise.de/en/news/Arti...

Thank you to the #StopKillerRobots campaigners who made up our #REAIM delegation last week.👏 Campaigners called for new laws to protect against growing automated harms on the battlefield – both from #AutonomousWeapons and the military AI discussed at REAIM. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/reaim-2...

We're on podMAPS — a podcast series by UNODA on military AI as part of the Military AI, Peace & Security! In episode 4 to hear about #AutonomousWeapons and the need for new Int't law to #StopKillerRobots 🎧Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... 🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1yATqBB...

REAIM 2026 came to a close yesterday. While we saw commitments to principles like meaningful human control and #HumanRights in military AI, we still need to international action toward the negotiation of legal rules, both for #AutonomousWeapons as well as other aspects of #MilitaryAI.

"Starting negotiations on a treaty on #AutonomousWeapons ...is a move that can be taken now and I think the international community is in a position to get this done." – @elizabethminor.bsky.social, Head of Policy at Stop Killer Robots #REAIM #StopKillerRobots #MilitaryAI

Why #StopKillerRobots is at #REAIM2026 👇 Our Head of Policy @elizabethminor.bsky.social explains. Read more: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/reaim-2...

As states move toward new international law on #AutonomousWeapons, the military AI weapons discussed at #REAIM must be under the same legal scrutiny. States must take stock of the harmful trajectory of military AI and ensure that more #AutomatedHarm doesn't come to pass on the battlefield.

This week, we’ll be at #REAIM (𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘿𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩). We already see the harms of unregulated military #AI . States must ensure strict laws – like a treaty on #KillerRobots – govern the use and development of any weapon or tool that risks automated harm. #StopKillerRobots

12 countries say no to banning #AutonomousWeapons ❌ Is yours one of them? More info: statista.com/chart/amp/…#StopKillerRobots

The #DoomsdayClock is now set at 85 seconds to midnight. Disruptive tech like #AutonomousWeapons and military #AI are one of the key reasons why the clock is the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. We can turn the clock back. 🔗 stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/the-doomsd...

"The dangers of the widespread use of AI weapons and #AutonomousWeapons are clear...we must hold political leaders accountable in ensuring that the extreme risks they pose on the battlefield and in civilian life do not come to pass." #DoomsdayClock www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/doomsda...

Earlier this month, @asimpere.bsky.social was on @france24.com discussing #AutonomousWeapons and the risks of allowing machines to make life or death decisions without human control. #StopKillerRobots #France #news www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9mis...

“I’ve seen how emerging technologies often increase risks and inequalities — especially for those already marginalized.” – Edwick Madzimure, a #StopKillerRobots campaigner and @wilpf.bsky.social Zimbabwe’s Executive Director #AutonomousWeapons

Over 7 in 10 people globally wouldn’t support their country using AI-enabled lethal autonomy – even if their governments said that it was in their national security. 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 7 𝙞𝙣 10? 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 👇

“2026 is a crucial year for this issue” #AutonomousWeapons 120+ states, the #UnitedNations Secretary General and the President of the @icrc.org all agree – we need legal safeguards. Our Policy Manager, Elizabeth Minor explains what to look out for on #AutonomousWeapons in the year ahead.

“In my region, AI is often presented as 'modernization,' but little is said about who controls it, how it’s used, or whose lives are most at risk.” – @giselalujan.bsky.social As we kick of 2026, we're celebrating the campaigners around the world who make our work possible. #StopKillerRobots

🇮🇹🗞️NEWS ROUNDUP: Last week’s #AutonomousWeapons event that we attended in the Italian Senate was a success in underscoring the need for int’l law to #StopKillerRobots and how #Italy can lead the way. 👇 🗞️ Here’s some of the coverage on the event #ArchivioDisarmo #RetePaceDisarmo

“While the drone is not a person, its targets might very well be. It removes soldiers from the direct act of killing.” The increasing use of #AI and automation on the battlefield makes decision making opaque and accountability unclear. #StopKillerRobots #BGR www.bgr.com/2070900/ai-t...

“The issue is not just whether these weapons will be used, but how their precursor systems are already transforming the way wars are fought, minimizing the time needed to authorize a lethal attack...” –@nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social ilmanifesto.it/quando-lalgo...

#HappeningNow: Our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social is in #Rome to discuss the legal, ethical, political and military issues with #KillerRobots for the "Stopping the threat of lethal autonomous weapons" event organised by Rete Pace e Disarmo. 📺 Watch: webtv.senato.it/webtv/altri-...

”The era of killer robots has begun to take shape on the battlefield.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m... #AI #Drones #StopKillerRobots #NewYorkTimes

The trajectory of #AI on the battlefield – which has already caused grave humanitarian harm– is not inevitable. Political leaders can create the legal safeguards we need to #StopKillerRobots. 📢 Call on your government to act: stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/...

What does the path to an #AutonomousWeapons treaty look like in 2026? #ICYMI read our latest Substack post to see how progress on #KillerRobots has developed across international forums – from New York to Geneva – and what it means for the new year. stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/the-un-pat...

2026 presents an opportunity for states to move toward a treaty on #AutonomousWeapons that we all need. #StopKillerRobots