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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 6d

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: “The Kingdom warns of the dangers of military uses of artificial intelligence applications and autonomous weapons, and the necessity of enacting international laws that regulate them.”

Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 6d

🇻🇦#HolySee underscored "the need to develop and implement clear ethical guidelines and regulatory frameworks for AI that safeguard human dignity, ensure transparency, promote accountability, and foster inclusion.”

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 6d

🇸🇲San Marino "#ArtificialIntelligence has been used in conflicts to select targets and make decisions over life or death. San Marino believes that meaningful human control must be retained over such decisions, guided by international law and ethical principles."

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 6d

🇦🇹Austria: "...uncontrolled #AutonomousWeapons systems will not make our world a safer one. While we all must ensure the safety and security of our populations - we must never give up on int'l humanitarian law and we must ban weapons which kill indiscriminately.”
@bmeia.gv.at

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 6d

🧵👇UPDATE: Here are some additional statements from High Level Week at #UNGA80 on #AutonomousWeapons and military #AI

🆕 Take a deeper dive in our latest Substack post: stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/no-machine...

Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

#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

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Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas @cccmcol.bsky.social · 6d

América Latina y el Caribe ya levantaron la voz contra las #ArmasAutónomasLetales. No podemos permitir que máquinas decidan sobre la vida y la muerte sin control humano. Es momento de actuar y exigir un futuro más seguro y humano.

#PrimeroLasPersonas #SKR

@stopkillerrobots.bsky.social

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 7d

👀 “The laws of war can’t be encoded.”
Connecting killer robots, Gaza, and democracy, Lucy Suchman’s latest guest essay argues for an expansion of Meaningful human control from military operations to democratic governance
📖 https://stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/illegal-war
#AutonomousWeapons

Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 7d

💡 Profit should never come at the cost of humanity.
Our new Investor Statement urges governments to act on autonomous weapons before it’s too late.
🔗 https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/investorstatement
#EthicalAI #StopKillerRobots #AutonomousWeapons

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 7d

"This idea that wars are clean, or that they can be done in a way that no lives will be harmed — that is an illusion."

Elke Schwarz spoke with Al Jazeera English about how #Palantir markets the itself and its military tech.

📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0aSBk5bKG3U

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 8d

#StopKillerRobots #UNGA80

Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 8d

#StopKillerRobots #UNGA80

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 8d

What states need to do to #StopKillerRobots at the United Nations next month #UNGA ⬇️

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 8d

Regulating #AutonomousWeapons is an essential step to ensure a more ethical future and secure global peace and protection. #TeamHuman 3/3

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 8d

They supported the initiative and were part of the technical committee, working to ensure the country progresses toward a legal framework that prioritises safety, ethics, and the well-being of all people. 🙌 #AutonomousWeapons 2/3

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 8d

🇨🇴🏛 Last week Colombian campaigners participated in filing of a bill that seeks to regulate #AutonomousWeapons in their country.

👏 Great work, Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas! #StopKillerRobots 1/3

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 9d

💡 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

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

Creating legal safeguards to #StopKillerRobots is urgent and possible.

The majority of countries support it, and increasing numbers agree they now have a basis from their int’l discussions and enough common ground to start negotiations.

States know what they need to do.

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

These statements show the urgent need for regulation – and we hope states will build on this in the #FirstCommittee on Disarmament and International Security where #AutonomousWeapons will be discussed next month.

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

It’s clear the time to act is now.

The Secretary-General reminded states in the Security Council of his call “for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems operating without human control, with a view to concluding a legally binding instrument by next year.”

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

🗣️ Nobel Laureate and journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social
urged states to establish clear international rules to prevent “universally unacceptable risks for #AI. At the very least, define what AI should never be allowed to do.”

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

🇲🇿 Mozambique’s President Chapo highlighted that #AutonomousWeapons “pose new challenges to the defence of human dignity, justice and labour. Until we fully understand how these models work, we cannot entrust them with critical missions without robust safeguards."

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

🇨🇷 Costa Rica's Minister of Foreign Affairs called for a new international law on AutonomousWeapons by 2026 saying,”No algorithm should ever make life-or-death decisions.”

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy highlighted the speed of #MilitaryAI development and the need for global rules

“it’s only a matter of time… before drones are fighting drones, attacking critical infrastructure, and targeting people...fully autonomous, and no human involved.”

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

🇺🇳 In opening #UNGA80, António Guterres made it clear:
“No machine should decide who lives or dies.” He also warned about the widening gap between #AI innovation and regulation and the growing risks “from biotech to #AutonomousWeapons”

gadebate.un.org/en/80/secret...

Secretary-General of the United Nations

His Excellency António Guterres spoke at the General Debate of the 80th Session of the General Assembly

gadebate.un.org

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · 12d

#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

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