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The US Air Force is testing a self-flying F-16 fighter jet — and is sending its boss up as a passenger


Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has volunteered to be a passenger in a self-flying F-16 to see how it performs.

The Daily Mail reported in March that the US Air Force had ordered a fleet consisting of 1,000 AI-operated drones that would be able to "perform riskier maneuvers" than manual aircraft. The Pentagon is expected to choose two companies to build the technology by this summer, with the goal of having hundreds of aircraft completed within the next five years, the Daily Mail said. In 2019, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said"machines with the power and discretion to take lives without human involvement are politically unacceptable, morally repugnant and should be prohibited by international law."

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