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Remotely Operated Taser-Armed Drones Proposed by Taser Manufacturer as Defense for School Shootings in the US
Axon Enterprise considered development of remotely operated drones capable of tasering at a target a short distance away as a defense mechanism for mass shootings, despite its internal AI ethics board’s previous objection and condemnation as dangerous and fantastical.
- Date it happened
- 2022-06-01
- Organisation involved
- none
- Product, system or model
- Axon Taser-armed drone proposal, Axon remotely operated Taser-armed drone
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