The possibility that an artificial intelligence system might launch a nuclear attack on its own has prompted House lawmakers to propose legislative language that would ensure America’s nuclear arsenal ...

On Nov. 16, U.S. and Chinese leaders met on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, jointly affirming “the need to maintain human control over the decision to use ...

“I’ll be back,” Arnold Schwarzenegger famously promised in the 1984 sci-fi hit The Terminator. He wasn’t kidding. In a 2023 interview, the actor turned governor suggested that the movie’s vision of ...

As 2024 draws to a close, the trajectory of artificial intelligence in 2025 raises pressing concerns. AI is no longer just a tool—it has evolved into a force that increasingly challenges human ...

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

The study of human control behaviour and subsystem identification in dynamic systems focuses on understanding how humans interact with and regulate complex systems. Research in this area explores both ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the Chair’s background paper from last week and the latest revision of the rolling text dated May 12. We also welcome the opportunity to discuss these documents in an ...

As robots and AI systems increasingly enter shared workspaces, domestic environments, and assistive contexts, understanding and predicting human behavior ...