Drone attack might have been powered by AI, says UN
Maria Cramer
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New York | A military drone that attacked soldiers during a battle in Libya’s civil war last year may have done so without human control, according to a report commissioned by the United Nations.
The drone, which the report described as “a lethal autonomous weapons system”, was powered by artificial intelligence and used by forces backed by the Libyan government against militia fighters as they ran away from rocket attacks.
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