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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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Inglewood, California, Mayor James Butts Jr. has a suggestion for Buffalonians interested in a new public library: use the Bills’ community benefits agreement. Butts would...

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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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