AI-Driven Concentration of Power and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Spark Global Human Rights Concerns

What happened

Pedro Salazar and other experts highlight how AI systems are enabling unprecedented concentration of power, with AI-operated drones and surveillance tools causing deaths, human rights violations, and manipulation of public opinion. These developments, normalized by state actors, are undermining democracy and freedoms worldwide, echoing Putin's prediction of AI dominance.

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Control mapping is analytical. It does not state that any control would have prevented the incident.

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