{
  "id": 5069183,
  "title": "Time for binding rules on self-targeting autonomous weapons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/time-for-binding-rules-on-self-targeting-autonomous-weapons",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T21:35:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/time-for-binding-rules-on-self-targeting-autonomous-weapons/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Government experts are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to work towards a possible negotiating mandate on autonomous weapons systems (AWS). These are military systems that can select and engage targets without human intervention. This major international gathering follows a recent call by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for urgent controls […] The post Time for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}