China warns US against granting AI ability to ‘determine life and death’ on battlefield

2026-03-11 - 13:06

China’s military on Wednesday warned the United States against allowing artificial intelligence to “determine life and death” in warfare, as a dispute between the Pentagon and AI firm Anthropic highlighted growing tensions over military use of the technology. Speaking at a regular briefing in Beijing, defence ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said the “unrestricted application of AI by the military” could “erode ethical constraints and accountability in wars” and risk a “dangerous technological...