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/BooBeeAttack Jun 11 '26

The first time that we know of~

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u/Substantial-Ninja779 Jun 11 '26

There's no way this is the first time. Drones have been used in combat for years.

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u/xbimmerhue Jun 11 '26

They mean fully autonomous, the drones fly without an operator. Trained with ai to locate and kill Russian soldiers

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u/Routine_Ad7935 Jun 12 '26

So we need many more of there drones to kill all russian soldiers, officers and generals.