Overview

• Pakistan urged that AI development and military use be governed under the UN Charter and international law with a prohibition on applications lacking meaningful human control.
• Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif warned that AI lowers thresholds for the use of force and compresses decision time, making future conflicts more dangerous.
• UN Secretary‑General António Guterres reaffirmed that humans must retain authority over life‑and‑death decisions and renewed his call to outlaw lethal autonomous weapons on a tight timeline.
• He cited newly created UN mechanisms—the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance—to inform norms, with panel nominations to open soon.
• Pakistan reported the use of autonomous munitions in a recent India–Pakistan exchange, a claim not independently verified in this coverage, as experts urged broader, more inclusive AI development beyond a few countries and firms.