Ukraine drone chief targeted by $20 million Russian bounty warns 'humanity is losing control' as AI becomes a 'digital panopticon'
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Frontline operators are already treating AI-enabled drones as a surveillance and strike panopticon—governance is lagging the deployed reality, not the research roadmap. Defense, dual-use, and infra vendors should assume norms and export controls will tighten around autonomous targeting and sensor fusion over the next 12–24 months.
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