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House of Lords committee tells UK to ‘proceed with caution’ on AI weapon systems

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Source: UK Parliament, House of LordsAlso reported by Army Technology, Drone Wars UK

The House of Lords AI in Weapon Systems Committee, chaired by Lord Lisvane, published ‘Proceed with Caution: Artificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems’ on 1 December 2023. It asked the government to lead international efforts on autonomous weapons, including a ban on AI in nuclear command, control and communications, to adopt an operational definition of autonomous weapon systems and to keep human control at every stage of a system’s life. It also said Ministry of Defence procurement may need revolutionary change.

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The Ministry of Defence had to answer in writing on a definition, nuclear command and procurement, and suppliers selling AI weapons to the UK faced a parliamentary record of what oversight the Lords expected.

When
1 Dec 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0148
Who
House of Lords, Ministry of Defence; Lord Lisvane

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from UK Parliament, House of Lords and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at UK Parliament, House of Lords

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2023-0148: “House of Lords committee tells UK to ‘proceed with caution’ on AI weapon systems.” wheresthe.ai, 1 Dec 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-lords-ai-weapon-systems-proceed-with-caution-2023-12/ (source: UK Parliament, House of Lords).

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