AI-Driven Military Drones Crash During South Korean Demonstration

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During a military drone technology demonstration in Pocheon, South Korea, several AI-powered drones developed by private companies crashed or failed to operate. The failures, attributed to possible radio frequency interference, resulted in property damage and disrupted the event, highlighting vulnerabilities in AI-based autonomous military systems.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

The drones involved are AI systems due to their autonomous and AI-based capabilities. The event reports actual crashes and failures during military drone demonstrations, which constitute harm to property and disruption of critical infrastructure operations. The involvement of AI in the drones' autonomous functions and the resulting crashes directly link the AI systems to the harm. Therefore, this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.[AI generated]
AI principles
Robustness & digital securitySafety
Industries
Government, security, and defenceRobots, sensors, and IT hardware
Affected stakeholders
BusinessGovernment
Harm types
Economic/PropertyReputational
Business function:
Research and development
AI system task:
Reasoning with knowledge structures/planning

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