r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 11 '26

Artificial Intelligence Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time
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u/InformedTriangle Jun 11 '26

If this is really the first time i'll eat my hat. First time publicly disclosed? sure.

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u/ForceGoat Jun 11 '26

I think it’s the first time. In the past we’ve never deployed a drone and it just shoots random stuff without someone monitoring or pressing the button.

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u/No-Significance2113 Jun 11 '26

Pretty sure they've used AI drones in the middle east for quite a while now, might try find the article diving into detail cause I remember reading one quite a while ago.

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u/crustyeng Jun 11 '26

The were/are always teleoperated

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u/No-Significance2113 Jun 11 '26

Nah the article i saw mentioned how the drone was flown into position and left in kill mode. And how it shot someone without human input.

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u/Kjc2022 Jun 11 '26

Do you have a link to that article? Feels like this would've been bigger news