On August 25, 2026, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger released a joint statement calling for immediate negotiations on a legally binding instrument to regulate autonomous weapon systems. The statement references prior 2023 calls and ongoing discussions since 2014, while noting the absence of any confirmed use of fully autonomous weapons or a dedicated international treaty. AI-assisted semiautonomous weapons have appeared in multiple recent conflicts.