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The dark rise of robot dogs, from shopping to surveillance

Original: Very good boys? The dark, dystopian rise of robot dogs | Arwa Mahwadi By Arwa Mahdawi Pups that carry your shopping are

Columnist Arwa Mahdawi examines the spread of robotic dogs, arguing their image as cute shopping-carrying pets masks a darker reality. She points to US immigration agency ICE buying mechanical canines for enforcement work, and a startup called Warhound developing weapons-capable robot dogs, warning of dystopian uses for technology sold as friendly domestic companions.

Why now: Growing concern that consumer robot dogs are being adopted by police, immigration enforcement and weapons developers is prompting debate about where the technology is heading.

Arwa MahdawiICEWarhoundThe Guardian

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• Very good boys? The dark, dystopian rise of robot dogs | Arwa Mahwadi By Arwa Mahdawi Pups that carry your shopping are one thing – but what about the mechanical canines being bought up in the US by ICE? Or the mutant mutts due to be developed by a startup called Warhound?… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

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