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Driverless pickups clear a minefield at Fort Bragg as senators press for human control

A demonstration at Fort Bragg showed two self-driving Ford pickups at work, one using a robotic gun to down two drones and the other breaching a minefield with an explosive line charge, while a soldier stood ready to intervene. The Senate Armed Services Committee has added provisions to the annual defense bill requiring human oversight of AI-controlled weapons and records of AI-assisted battlefield decisions.

Illustration of two driverless pickup trucks with a weapon turret and launcher supervised by a soldier with a laptop

Illustration: Autonomy Wire (AI-generated)

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