The research in this report was conducted over the course of one year, from October 2017 to
September 2018. The completed report was originally delivered to the sponsor in October …

Jüngste Fortschritte in Robotik und KI machen es möglich, Roboter auch mit ethisch und
rechtlich sensiblen Aufgaben zu betrauen. Besonders umstritten ist der Einsatz so …

The ethics guidelines put forward by the AI High Level Expert Group (AI-HLEG) present a list
of seven key requirements that Human-centered, trustworthy AI systems should meet. These …

Artificial intelligence (AI) has surpassed the level of science fiction; it is increasingly being
used as an analysis tool in modern scientific research. AI is able to classify and cluster large …

The advent of autonomous weapons brings intriguing opportunities and significant ethical
dilemmas. This article examines how increasing weapon autonomy affects approval of …

Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS)-machines that, once activated, are able to make the
decision to kill humans without further human intervention-pose serious legal, ethical, and …

Swarms of miniature drones assassinate US Senators,'Terminator-like robots go rogue, and"
the Singularity" finally materializes. 2 These could be scenes in a science fiction movie, but …

Under international law, weapon capabilities and their use are regulated by legal
requirements set by International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Currently, there are strong …

On the twelfth day of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the senior officers of the Soviet submarine B-
59 faced a terrifying choice.'Nearby US warships had begun dropping practice depth …

New means and methods of war such as remote warfare by drones—the focus of this special
issue—challenge international law, as there no longer exists agreement between states …