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Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons

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Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons

UN conference this month seen as key moment after years of discussions on filling gap in governance of AI systems

Plans to fill a gap in the global governance of autonomous weapons are in jeopardy as a group of nations led by Russia and the US move to use a UN conference this month to block proposals to negotiate a legally binding set of rules.

The scale of the opposition will become clear at a diplomatic retreat starting on Friday before the seventh review conference on “certain conventional weapons” in Geneva due to be attended by 128 countries from 16 to 20 November.

The review conference is seen as the key moment when the world could decide whether to back a mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument negotiated within a defined timetable. The speed with which autonomous weapons are being developed and used in warfare is widely acknowledged.

Anna Hehir, the head of military AI governance at the Future of Life Institute, an independent nonprofit, said: “States have never been closer to launching a global agreement on AI weapons. A lot of the hard work has already been done and states have now agreed by consensus to elements of a draft treaty text that would be the basis for negotiations to start.

“But we will likely see some states hide behind language that has the veneer of progress but advocates for a continuation of endless discussions on voluntary measures that have no teeth.



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