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California moves to shut down robot versus human fight

Original: California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and

The California State Athletic Commission has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a cage match between a human and a robot last month, according to The New York Times. The regulator is moving to stop further robot-versus-human fights in the state, and the event has drawn widespread attention for pitting a person against a machine.

Why now: People are talking about the unusual spectacle of a human fighting a robot and the state regulator's intervention against it.

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• California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on… · techwire@gamefan.net · 3

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