Withdrawn ACM FAccT Executive Committee Statement on AI Warfare As of May 28 see our apology here: https://facctconference.org/warfare As we prepare to convene in Rio for FAccT’24, civilians are being killed at rates that are unprecedented in the 21st century . More children have been killed in four months than in the past 4 years of war globally . Beyond the deaths directly caused by armed conflict, is the mortality precipitated by the absence of vital services For example, costs and risks of catastrophic and extensive famine in northern Gaza are imminent at the time of this writing. Of direct relevance to the focus of study of our community is the emerging use of artificial intelligence in this warfare. According to reports, AI has been used to select over 37,000 targets of bombings in Gaza , including those in their homes at night with their families present. Human personnel overseeing these systems are said to “devote only about ‘20 seconds’ to each target before authorizing a bombing”. There is no reason to believe this is an isolated occurrence. It is rather the acceleration of a pervasive trend of using AI in warfare in profoundly troubling ways. In 2017, for example, the US military started Project Maven, an initiative to bring AI to warfare. Ukraine has been referred to as an “AI War Lab” . And in May of this year, Washington D.C.’s biggest convention hall hosted the first AI warfare conference. The deeply morally troubling use of AI in this conflict presents a critical moment for our community to recognize our own responsibility as scientists and scholars in preserving human life. The FAccT community brings together experts that are uniquely positioned to speak to this new reality–and to address the profound moral challenges it poses. As we have noted previously, the interplay between the technologies we study, their implication as tools of oppression, and their utilization in the fight to defend human rights must remain a central focus. We expect our annual gathering this June to be an opportunity for the community to engage with this topic across multiple sessions. Following the conference, we will also co-host two FAccT Community Calls (online on Zoom, with two times for timezone access) on military uses of AI. These sessions will include a presentation from 1-2 researchers, Q&A, and time for community dialogue. We encourage our community to submit work (papers, CRAFTs, tutorials, etc.) that focuses on this topic to the future editions of the conference. We also welcome input on other ways in which FAccT can promote approaches to technology grounded in an unwavering commitment to fundamental human rights. This statement is from the FAccT EC and does not reflect any opinion of ACM.