Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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In today’s war, AI is accelerating the speed, scale and impact of military operations on civilians. While international humanitarian law, the laws of war, already restricts the use of new technologies in warfare, ICRC’s Chief Legal Office, Cordula Droege outlines why AI should never replace human judgment in life-or-death decisions.

0:00 Arms race in new technologies of warfare
0:25 military AI systems are not perfect
0:57 Even in war, there are rules
1:34 legal responsibility lies with humans, not machines
1:53 a human remains accountable
2:22 a new treaty on autonomous weapons
2:53 witnessing a removal of human control