{"id":2110309,"date":"2026-08-25T09:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110309"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:29:40","slug":"un-and-red-cross-warn-risks-have-intensified-urge-regulation-of-killer-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110309","title":{"rendered":"UN and Red Cross warn &#8216;risks have intensified,&#8217; urge regulation of killer robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/77\/43\/1200x675_cmsv2_7755412b-b3cd-5e7d-a0e5-78579c0c70ab-9887743.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920344-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920344\" data-cid=\"9887644\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920344-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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Rescue workers put out a fire of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike on Odesa region, 29 April, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Ukrainian Emergency Service\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Ukrainian Emergency Service\/AP\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspGavin Blackburn\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1787650180\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-08-25 11:29:40 +02:00\">25\/08\/2026 &#8211; 11:29 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The warning follows a call in 2023 from UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, for countries to establish specific bans and restrictions on the rapidly developing technology by this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we renew this call with even greater urgency,&#8221; they said in a joint statement, adding that while their &#8220;fundamental concerns remain unchanged&#8230;the risks have intensified&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line: the autonomous targeting of humans by machines,&#8221; they warned.<\/p>\n<p>Lethal autonomous weapon systems are generally understood as weapon systems that select targets and apply force without human intervention.<\/p>\n<p>There has to date been no confirmed use of fully autonomous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>But with global tensions soaring and conflicts raging in the Middle East and Ukraine, where drone warfare has become a major feature of the battlefield, fears abound that it could soon happen.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no specific treaty on autonomous and artificial intelligence-enabled weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Autonomous weapon systems are not part of a distant future: a race towards greater autonomy in weapons systems is already well under way,&#8221; said Guterres and Spoljaric.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Future generations will ask whether leaders acted when there was still a chance to set limits before these weapons proliferated beyond control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They highlighted that scientists and engineers involved in developing such systems had, in many cases, raised the alarm themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the architects of this technology are calling for limits, states cannot afford to remain passive,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/77\/43\/808x539_cmsv2_c2f22360-61d2-5b2a-bb2e-fcd12fa599f2-9887743.jpg\" alt=\"Messages written on the sidewalk are shown during a demonstration about the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department, 5 December, 2022\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Messages written on the sidewalk are shown during a demonstration about the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department, 5 December, 2022<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Discussions have been running for a decade around a possible future treaty regulating the use of autonomous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>After three years of discussions, countries are due to decide in November whether to launch full-on treaty negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The UN and Red Cross chiefs called for &#8220;political courage,&#8221; saying: &#8220;A failure to act quickly and decisively will cost lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The need for clearly defined rules was &#8220;urgent,&#8221; they said, insisting that &#8220;innovation must serve humanity, not 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