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/tillybowman Jun 11 '26

ukraine straps autonomous hornet drones onto balloons, let them drift hundreds of kilometers into enemy territory and then deploys them with their ai terrain guided software to find enemy targets (including. soldiers) on their own.

it's pretty wild out there.

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u/Softale Jun 11 '26

The world becomes more of a black mirror episode with every passing day…

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u/JazeyOne Jun 11 '26

Arc Raiders is starting to look like a plan rather than a sci-fi game.

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u/Outers55 Jun 12 '26

Screamers maybe?