Usually, when Hollywood makes a movie about a killer robot, it's the villain. From Westworld to Terminator to The Matrix to M3gan, murderous robots make great villains, in part because they're so ...

Human Rights Watch issued an report on “killer robots,” automated AI weapons which can kill people without human instruction or oversight, ahead of the first United Nations General Assembly meeting on ...

Scarier and more coherent than its confoundingly dull (yet wildly popular) predecessor, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” still ...

Why the United Nations is meeting to discuss the future of warfare. May 13, 2014— -- Is it time to stop the Terminator in its tracks? Some of the best and brightest leaders are meeting for a ...

You just can’t keep a sassy killer robot down. After M3GAN was the sleeper horror hit of 2023, a sequel was inevitable. But if you think the first M3GAN leaned into the camp aspects of a killer doll ...

An autonomous missile drone is displayed during a 2022 arms show. (Credit: Michael Euler/AP.) Listen ROME – As the use of autonomous weapons systems becomes an increasingly prominent feature of modern ...

A representative of Pope Francis recently reaffirmed the Vatican’s opposition to lethal autonomous weapons systems, known popularly as “killer robots,” with the Vatican stressing that “no machine ...

Military leaders argue AI has an important role in future warfare. There's been a shift in industry collaboration with the Department of Defense on AI and autonomy. AI in military tech must adhere to ...

It is often said that autonomous weapons could help minimize the needless horrors of war. Their vision algorithms could be better than humans at distinguishing a schoolhouse from a weapons depot. They ...

When it comes to the technology allowing robots to kill people without the need for a human to guide them, as George Allen, the late coach of the Washington football team, now the Commanders, said, ...