The United Nations and Red Cross warned on Aug. 24 that the world is “dangerously close” to a future where autonomous weapons, so-called “killer robots,” could target humans, and issued an urgent appeal for international regulations.

Joint statement from agencies warns that world is 'dangerously close to crossing a moral red line' that would see 'the autonomous targeting of humans by machines'

The U.N. and Red Cross chiefs warned Tuesday that autonomous weapons, capable of killing without human control, could soon be used in war and urged urgent...