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UN report: STM Kargu-2 loitering munition may have autonomously engaged targets in Libya

S4 · 03/08
2021 · STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik) · Libya

Record

CompanySTM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik)
Categorydefense space
Typeregulatory
Date03/08
2021
Time of daynot documented
LocationLibya
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceNPR / New York Times

What happened

A UN Panel of Experts report stated that a Kargu-2 loitering munition was used in Libya's conflict and may have autonomously engaged human targets without operator command, raising the first documented case of AI-enabled lethal autonomous weapon use.

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