Opinion

Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has authorized the Zmiy Droid 12.7, a domestically built armored machine-gun system, for frontline strike and reconnaissance missions. The approval is part of a broader ...
Ghost Robotics initially made a name for itself with its very impressive early work with the Minitaur direct-drive quadruped in 2016. The company also made headlines in late 2021, when a now-deleted ...
Videos that suggest China may be building a robot army sound like science fiction, but social media says it's real. DW Fact Check investigates.
A senior member of OpenAI's robotics team said guardrails around certain AI uses were not sufficiently defined before OpenAI ...
A senior OpenAI robotics leader says she left over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons as the company expands ...
China's robotics industry is growing at an alarming rate. Interesting Engineering reports the country's factory-based adoptions grew by 300,000 in a year, surpassing the rest of the world. In the same ...
Caitlin Kalinowski’s departure comes amid a high-stakes dispute over how far AI companies should go in supporting US military ...
OpenAI’s head of robotics has resigned, citing concerns over the company’s new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to use its AI models and tools for military purposes.