AI-Powered Drones Can Autonomously Target Specific Individuals

Engineers have demonstrated that a commercial drone can be equipped with AI-based object detection and facial recognition systems to autonomously track specific individuals. Although this technology was designed for a game, it can easily be weaponized. This situation has raised serious concerns about potential misuse and the inadequacy of current defense mechanisms. The drone's use of AI object detection and facial recognition models to autonomously identify and track individuals categorizes the software as an AI system.