Donald Trump told the U.N. that the U.S. "totally rejects" international AI rules

U.S. and Russian diplomats weakened a draft U.N. agreement on lethal autonomous weapons during talks in Geneva in early September, stripping provisions that would have required AI systems to be predictable and reliable, that ethical concerns be weighed, and that humans review AI-chosen targets before strikes, according to three people briefed on the private talks and documents examined by The Washington Post. The effort, so far nonbinding, is the furthest the U.N. has advanced toward a possible binding treaty. President Donald Trump told the U.N. on Tuesday that the United States would not accept an international arrangement governing advanced artificial intelligence, with the administration arguing that such rules would hinder innovation. Human Rights Watch's Verity Coyle said weak rules could leave machines making life-and-death choices without human oversight. The U.S. is revising its 2023 directive on such weapons.