The CyberGuy Kurt Knutsson joins'Fox & Friends' to discuss the U.S.-Saudi investment summit and the debate over regulation as artificial intelligence continues to advance. Several nations met at the United Nations (U.N.) on Monday to revisit a topic that the international body has been discussing for over a decade: the lack of regulations on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), often referred to as "killer robots." This latest round of talks comes as wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza. While the meeting was held behind closed doors, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres released a statement doubling down on his 2026 deadline for a legally binding solution to threats posed by LAWS. "Machines that have the power and discretion to take human lives without human control are politically unacceptable, morally repugnant and should be banned by international law," Guterres said in a statement.

It's been exactly 40 years since The Terminator hit the big screen, shocking cinemagoers with its terrifying depiction of a post-apocalyptic future. In James Cameron's epic sci-fi blockbuster, billions of people are killed when self-aware machines trigger a global nuclear war around the start of the 21st century. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the eponymous robotic assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to eliminate the threat of a human resistance. Famously, the Terminator, which looks just like an adult human, 'absolutely will not stop … until you are dead', as one character puts it. While this sounds like pure sci-fi, academic and industry figures – including Elon Musk – fear that humanity will indeed be annihilated by AI. But when exactly will this happen?

What jumps to mind when you think about the impending AI apocalypse? If you're partial to sci-fi movie cliches, you may envisage killer robots (with or without thick Austrian accents) rising up to terminate their hubristic creators. Or perhaps, a la The Matrix, you'll go for scary machines sucking energy out of our bodies as they distract us with a simulated reality. For Yuval Noah Harari, who has spent a lot of time worrying about AI over the past decade, the threat is less fantastical and more insidious. "In order to manipulate humans, there is no need to physically hook brains to computers," he writes in his engrossing new book Nexus.

In this blog post, Anna Nadibaidze explores the main themes found across common visuals of AI in the military domain. Inspired by the work and mission of Better Images of AI, she argues for the need to discuss and find alternatives to images of humanoid'killer robots'. Anna holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and is a researcher for the AutoNorms project, based at SDU. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into the military domain, especially weapon systems and the process of using force, has been the topic of international academic, policy, and regulatory debates for more than a decade. The visual aspect of these discussions, however, has not been analysed in depth. This is both puzzling, considering the role that images play in shaping parts of the discourses on AI in warfare, and potentially problematic, given that many of these visuals, as I explore below, misrepresent major issues at stake in the debate.

Based on how robots get treated in demonstration videos, you could hardly blame them for wanting to overthrow humanity. In this terrifying video, a humanoid robot is seen taking a beating from a human operator, before smashing its own fingers with a mallet. To make things even weirder, the robot also shows off its bizarrely flexible joints by contorting itself like something out of The Exorcist. While they might be impressive, these creepy movements have led some commenters on social media to call the robot'absolutely terrifying.' But at only 4ft 1" (127cm) - roughly the height of the average eight-year-old - the Unitree G1 might struggle to reach the top shelf, let alone destroy humanity. At the start of the video, the child-sized humanoid appears crumpled on the floor, before rising up on its flexible joints.

A huge, super-fast indestructible robot hand might seem like a terrifying prop from a science-fiction film. But this hefty 4.1kg (9.9lbs) hand is very real and is already being used to develop the next generation of AI robots. Designed by UK-based Shadow Robot Company, this three-fingered claw can go from fully open to closed in just 500 milliseconds. However, the robot hand is still tough enough to resist being bashed with hammers or pounded by pistons. That toughness is designed to help the hand survive the rigorous and often destructive process of teaching AI how to interact with the world.

We live in frightening times. Wars in Ukraine and Gaza could widen, the polar ice caps are melting, and even some scientists developing artificial intelligence systems are worried about unleashing a monster. But those fears all pale in comparison to what really gives Americans the jitters. The calamity that worries them above all else is a total economic collapse in the US. The Pentagon's four legged robot dogs may offer a glimpse of what killer machines will look like An economic meltdown is the top fear for a third of respondents.

From The Terminator to the The Matrix, killer robots have long been a terrifying staple of science-fiction flicks. But, while they might be scare-worthy in the cinema, should we really be afraid of a big bad AI? From supercharged plagues to full-blown nuclear annihilation, experts say there are five ways AI could bring about the end of humanity. Ben Eisenpress, Director of Operations at the Future of Life Institute, warned MailOnline that'all catastrophic risks from AI are currently underestimated.' So, if you still think the AI-apocalypse is nothing more than an outdated movie trope, read on to see just how worried you should really be. When you think about AI leading to the destruction of humanity, killer robots are most likely what you have in mind.

From killer robots to evil chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) is often associated with nefarious purposes. But you might be surprised to learn that you're likely already using AI in your day-to-day life. In fact, a report claims that we use AI three times more often in our daily lives than we think. Experts from the Institution of Engineering and Technology surveyed over 2,000 Britons, and found that, despite its everyday use, over half of us admit to be nervous about a future with AI. Here are the surprising ways you're probably already using AI in your day-to-day life.

A grave warning over the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) to humans has come from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today. While acknowledging the positive potential of the technology in areas such as healthcare, the PM said'humanity could lose control of AI completely' with'incredibly serious' consequences. The grave message coincides with the publication of a government report and comes ahead of the world's first AI Safety Summit in Buckinghamshire next week. Many of the world's top scientists attending the event think that in the near future, the technology could even be used to kill us. Here are the five ways humans could be eliminated by AI, from the development of novel bioweapons to autonomous cars and killer robots. Largely due to movies like The Terminator, a common doomsday scenario in popular culture depicts our demise at the hands of killer robots.