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Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them

The companies warned that "untrustworthy people" could use their robots to harm others or infringe on civil liberties, and they pledged to make sure their customers didn't weaponize the products.
People take pictures and videos of the Boston Dynamics robot Spot during an event in Lisbon in 2019.

Boston Dynamics and five other robotics companies have signed an open letter saying what many of us were already nervously hoping for anyway: Let's not weaponize general-purpose robots.

The six leading tech

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