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Robots in the Age of Digital Surveillance, Digital Surveillance in the Age of Robots
Robots in the Age of Digital Surveillance, Digital Surveillance in the Age of Robots An article by Matthew Guariglia, Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation Your information is not your own, not anymore. It is collected on a second by second basis by your cell phone, your computer, by the microphone in your digital […]
Autonomous Weapon Systems used in Ukraine
Photo credit: Necro Mancer (Twitter) Stop Killer Robots is deeply concerned with reports of weapons systems being used that may have options for autonomous targeting. The reported use of the KUB-BLA (also known as the KYB-UAV) system by Russia in Ukraine is indicative of an increasing trend, amongst a range of militarised states, toward the […]
Outreach at the UN in New York
For the fifth consecutive year in a row, states at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in New York have expressed concern over fully autonomous weapons, also known as lethal autonomous weapons systems. More than 150 countries are participating in the month-long 72nd session of UNGA First Committee in addition to key UN […]
Company pledges it won’t develop killer robots
ClearPath Robotics of Kitchener, Canada issued the following statement on 13 August 2014, pledging its support for the call for a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons. The company says it will continue to work with its military clients, but has “vouched to not manufacture weaponized robots that remove humans from the loop” as it “has chosen to value our […]