AI could spark World War 3 if China & Russia hand control of their nukes to machines, warns top US official [Video]

A WORLD war could erupt if China and Russia give artificial intelligence control of nuclear weapons, a top US official has warned.

Beijing and Moscow have been urged to follow Washington, London and Paris in declaring only humans will be granted powers to deploy nukes.

The launching of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at Plesetsk testing field, RussiaCredit: AFP

A LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile in the launch silo at Malmstrom Air Force BaseCredit: Alamy

Nations around the world are grappling to regulate AI amid fears of what handing any control to machines could do.

Experts from both the tech and academia circuits have cautioned of the dangers AI could pose – and that it could be an existential risk to humanity.

Leaders have also warned AI could be fast approaching its “Oppenheimer moment” and implored action to regulate it.

Now it is feared China and Russia could give …