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Video shows AI robot manipulating and ‘kidnapping’ 12 other robots?

Surveillance footage appeared to show the bot, reportedly named Erbai, telling its companions to “go home.”

Video shows AI robot manipulating and ‘kidnapping’ 12 other robots?

Surveillance footage appeared to show the bot, reportedly named Erbai, telling its companions to “go home.”

Feds shut down STAMP pipeline construction

Spills of drilling fluids in the wildlife refuge on Aug. 15 (left) and Sept. 7 (right). Following three spills of drilling fluids onto federally protected...

STAMP pipeline drilling goes awry

The state has cited the developers of the STAMP industrial park for violations involving a spill of drilling fluids in a wetland through which...

Erie County sheriff wants $10 million helicopter

Erie County Sheriff personnel pose in front of the department’s 22-year-old helicopter. Erie County Sheriff John Garcia wants to double his department’s helicopter fleet with...

County libraries seek $150 million for renovations

Public libraries in Erie County are asking for nearly $150 million in renovations — more than half of that for the downtown Central Library. A...

Council member requests audit of workers on paid leave

A Buffalo legislator wants to know how and why a clerk in the city’s fire department was kept on paid administrative leave for seven...

Lockport IDA subsidies likely despite AI fake

In July, a plastics manufacturer gave the Lockport Industrial Development Agency a fake study generated by artificial intelligence to support its request for subsidies. Thursday,...

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Video shows AI robot manipulating and ‘kidnapping’ 12 other robots?

Surveillance footage appeared to show the bot, reportedly named Erbai, telling its companions to “go home.”

Video shows AI robot manipulating and ‘kidnapping’ 12 other robots?

Surveillance footage appeared to show the bot, reportedly named Erbai, telling its companions to “go home.”

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