We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war
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We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war
By New Scientist
12 June 2026
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