US rejects calls for regulating or banning ‘killer robots’

US official proposes non-binding code of conduct' at United Nations but campaigners disagree

The US has rejected calls for a binding agreement regulating or banning the use of killer robots", instead proposing a code of conduct" at the United Nations.

Speaking at a meeting in Geneva focused on finding common ground on the use of such so-called lethal autonomous weapons, a US official balked at the idea of regulating their use through a legally-binding instrument".