Incident 121: Autonomous Kargu-2 Drone Allegedly Remotely Used to Hunt down Libyan Soldiers

Description: In Libya, a Turkish-made Kargu-2 aerial drone powered by a computer vision model was allegedly used remotely by forces backed by the Tripoli-based government to track down and attack enemies as they were running from rocket attacks.

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Alleged: STM developed an AI system deployed by Tripoli-based government, which harmed Libyan soldiers.

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Incident ID

121

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Incident Date

2020-03-27

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Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam

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Was a flying killer robot used in Libya? Quite possibly

thebulletin.org

A Military Drone With A Mind Of Its Own Was Used In Combat, U.N. Says

npr.org

AI-powered drone deployed in Libya has possibly killed people without any human interference

iafrikan.com

A.I. Drone May Have Acted on Its Own in Attacking Fighters, U.N. Says

nytimes.com

thebulletin.org · 2021

A screenshot from a promotional video advertising the Kargu drone. In the video, the weapon dives toward a target before exploding.

Last year in Libya, a Turkish-made autonomous weapon—the STM Kargu-2 drone—may have “hunted down and remotel…

npr.org · 2021

Military-grade autonomous drones can fly themselves to a specific location, pick their own targets and kill without the assistance of a remote human operator. Such weapons are known to be in development, but until recently there were no rep…

iafrikan.com · 2021

It has been revealed that an Artificial Intelligence-powered military drone was able to identify and attack human targets in Libya. The drone, Kargu-2, is made by a Turkish company (STM) and fitted with a payload that explodes once it makes…

nytimes.com · 2021

A military drone that attacked soldiers during a battle in Libya’s civil war last year may have done so without human control, according to a recent report commissioned by the United Nations.

The drone, which the report described as “a leth…

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