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

An example of the misuse of AI in war was the US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, in February. An example of the misuse of AI in war was the US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, in February. 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.