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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's covert startup White Stork is mass-producing AI-powered kamikaze drones for Ukraine. Equipped with advanced computer vision to identify targets even in GPS-jammed environments, these single-use explosive drones aim to operate autonomously on the battlefield, raising significant risks of harm and ethical concerns over autonomous lethal weapons.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly mentions the development of AI-powered attack drones capable of target identification, which involves AI systems. Although no incident of harm has yet occurred, the intended use of these AI systems in autonomous weaponry poses a credible risk of causing serious harm, including injury, violations of human rights, and damage to communities or property. The mere development and planned mass production of such AI-enabled military systems with high potential for misuse qualifies this event as an AI Hazard under the OECD framework.[AI generated]