■■■■□ 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇳⚡️ — The U.S. and Russia worked together to weaken proposed UN restrictions on lethal autonomous weapons during negotiations in Geneva earlier this month, according to WaPo.

During a closed-door session, with UN cameras switched off and civil society observers excluded, Washington and Moscow each deployed approximately 10 lawyers, nearly twice the representation of other delegations. The two teams pushed through changes so rapidly that smaller delegations struggled to keep up.

The changes removed provisions requiring AI weapons to operate predictably and reliably, account for ethical considerations, and undergo human review of AI-selected targets before strikes.

The negotiations remain nonbinding but could eventually produce an international treaty.

Talks are scheduled to resume in November, while the Pentagon separately reviews its own rules on autonomous weapons.