San Francisco was embroiled in controversy earlier this month over a proposal to allow police to deploy robots armed with deadly weapons. After initially greenlighting the technology, the Board of ...

In a draft addressing the use of military weaponry, The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has struck out a line stating, “Robots shall not be used as a Use of Force against any person,” according ...

This is odd. Let's say your child opens a gift today. That gift is a robot. Does that robot have rights? Or, more accurately, will robots have civil rights within your child's lifetime? Nonsense? Well ...