The United States and Russia collaborated to remove key human oversight safeguards from a landmark UN framework intended to regulate lethal autonomous weapons, according to a Washington Post investigation. The two nations weakened a range of protections in what was meant to be the definitive multilateral effort to keep humans in control of AI-driven warfare. The rollback significantly undermines international attempts to govern autonomous military systems at precisely the moment the technology is accelerating. The UK Foreign Secretary addressed the UN Security Council on AI and international security this week; the revelation that the US and Russia undermined oversight provisions directly affects UK-backed governance initiatives.