Several media outlets covered the issue of
killer robots during the Munich Security Conference, including POLITICO Europe, Reuters, Futurism, and Euronews, and German outlets Netzpolitik, Suddeutsche Zeitung, and Heise.
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Aug. 20:
During the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in Melbourne, Professor Toby Walsh released an open letter demanding a stronger response to concerns over
killer robots signed by founders and directors of more than 100 AI and robotics companies.
Killer robots were first raised at the forum
during a 2015 panel on technology.
During the year, campaigners undertook national actions on
killer robots — including public briefings and parliamentary outreach — for the first time in Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United States.
Oct:
During the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in New York, 16 governments articulate their views on
killer robots in their statements, including for the first time Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Algeria, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Nicaragua called for a ban on fully autonomous weapons
during the CCW meeting on
killer robots in April, while Argentina, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela endorsed the ban call
during the CCW Review Conference in December.