ENVENV-004 — Market Pressure Responses
Autonomous Lethal Weapons and the Military AI Arms Race
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Nations are deploying AI systems capable of identifying and killing targets without human oversight, creating compounding escalation risks beyond existing arms-control frameworks. Boards with defence exposure must address liability, treaty compliance, and reputational risk from autonomous lethal systems in their supply chains.
Domain
Environmental Factors
Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks (Hendrycks2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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