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Ban killer robots, tech leaders urge UN

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Published Mon, Aug 21, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    ELON Musk is leading demands for a global ban on killer robots, warning that technological advances could revolutionise warfare and create new "weapons of terror" that target innocent people.

    The chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX joined more than 100 robotics and artificial intelligence entrepreneurs in signing a letter to the United Nations calling for action to prevent the development of autonomous weapons.

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