This factsheet provides an overview of the issue of biases, especially on the basis of gender, that manifest in military applications of artificial intelligence (AI) such as lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS).
It also addresses how biases in LAWS have been discussed at relevant disarmament forums like the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) meetings under the Convention on Certain Convention Weapons (CCW).
The factsheet further recommends areas of action for a host of stakeholders to ensure that gender biases are mitigated in military applications of AI.
Citation: Gender and Disarmament & Security and Technology Programmes (2024) "Factsheet: Gender and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems", UNIDIR, Geneva, Switzerland.