How the U.S. and Russia weakened a global effort to regulate killer AI

UNITED NATIONS — Early this month, hundreds of diplomats huddled in a cavernous U.N. conference room in Switzerland, working toward a muscular treaty to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weapons — the first agreement governing the use of killer artificial intelligence arms. On the last day of negotiations, the talks turned aggressive. Democracy Dies in Darkness Exclusive How the U.S. and Russia weakened a global effort to regulate killer AI The two nations stripped a range of safeguards from language in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progress yet toward a potential treaty.