Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign
Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, says it is halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone
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Taser-maker pauses plan to arm drones in US schools after ethics board outcry
Nine members of ethics board resign from panel in protest
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A firm proposes using Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings
Axon, which sells Tasers and police body cameras, floated the idea of a new police drone product last year to its AI ethics board, which quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy.
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