DISARMAMENT: 'Robots are not taking over,' says head of UN body on autonomous weapons‘, Guardian, 17 November 2017; and ‘Russia to UN: don’t try to stop us from building killer robots’, defense one, 21 November 2017

'Robots are not taking over the world,' the diplomat leading the first official talks on autonomous weapons assured on Friday, seeking to head off criticism over slow progress towards restricting the use of so-called 'killer robots'. The United Nations was wrapping up an initial five days of discussions on weapons systems that can identify and destroy targets without human control, which experts say will soon be battle ready. The meeting of the UN's Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) marked an initial step towards an agreed set of rules governing such weapons. 'Robots are not taking over,' says head of UN body on autonomous weapons', Guardian, 17 November 2017; and 'Russia to UN: don't try to stop us from building killer robots', defense one, 21 November 2017