The Department of Defense updated its directive on autonomous weapons for the first time in a decade with AI ethics considerations and forecast wars to come.
The following is the Nov. 14, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Defense Primer: U.S. Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems. From the report Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) are a special class of weapon systems that use sensor suites and computer algorithms to independently identify a target and employ an onboard weapon system to engage […]
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The recent killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by CIA drone strike was the latest US response to 9/11. Politically, it amplified existing distrust between US leaders and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The killing also exposed compromises in the 2020 Doha peace agreement between the US and the Taliban. World News | Bladed ‘Ninja Missile Used to Kill Al-Qaida Leader is Part of a Scary New Generation of Unregulated Weapons.