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Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign

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Jun 6, 2022 By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans

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  1. CBS 8 San Diego

    'We wish it had not come to this': Axon ethics board members resign over Taser drone project (opens CBS 8 San Diego)

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    CBS 8 San Diego's feed description

    Some board members had voiced concerns about introducing weaponizing drones in over-policed communities of color.

  2. Oil City News

    Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign (opens Oil City News)

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    Oil City News's feed description

    Jun 6, 2022 By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans

  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Axon halts project to equip drones with stun guns (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    The decision appears to follow resignation threat by members of its ethics panel.

  4. New York Times

    Axon Pauses Plans for Taser Drone as Ethics Board Members Resign (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    After Axon announced plans for a Taser-equipped drone that it said could prevent mass shootings, nine members of the company’s ethics board stepped down.

  5. CBS News

    Axon's drops Taser drone idea after 9 on ethics board resign (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    CEO Rick Smith wanted to develop a drone-powered Taser after being "catastrophically disappointed" by police actions in Uvalde.

  6. Fox5 Atlanta

    Company halts plans for Taser-armed drone to fight school shootings (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Fox5 Atlanta's feed description

    Axon's CEO said the drone plans were to discuss a possible solution after the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Nine board members resigned Monday over the proposed project.

  7. Shore News Network

    Exclusive-Axon halts Taser drone work as most of its ethics panel said to resign (opens Shore News Network)

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    Shore News Network's feed description

    By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave (Reuters) -Taser-maker Axon Enterprise Inc said on Sunday it was halting work on a project to equip drones with stun

  8. Engadget

    Axon halts plans to make a drone equipped with a Taser (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Most members of the Taser manufacturer's ethics panel resigned over the controversial project..

  9. Insider

    Taser company nixes idea of using drones as flying stun guns to respond to mass shootings. Controversy caused some ethics-board members to quit. (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Axon CEO and founder Rick Smith said his post on drones "was intended to initiate a conversation on this as a potential solution" in mass shootings.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Company ethics board members resign over plan to arm drones with Tasers (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Nine members of Axon Enterprise’s AI Ethics Board are resigning after the company announced last week it wants to begin developing remote-operated drones armed with stun guns to address mass shootings.

  11. Military.com

    Company Halts Plans for Taser Drone as 9 on Ethics Board Resign (opens Military.com)

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    Military.com's feed description

    Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone.

  12. PBS NewsHour

    Company halts plans for Taser drone after 9 members of its ethics board resign (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The company best known for developing the Taser says it's halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone. The decision by Axon comes as a majority of its ethics board resigned over the project.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Axon halts plans for Taser-stocked drone (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday that it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone after a majority of its ethics board resigned over the controversial project.

  14. Geek Wire

    Axon pauses plans for Taser-equipped drone to combat mass shootings as ethics advisors resign (opens Geek Wire)

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    Geek Wire's feed description

    Axon, the company that develops Tasers, body cameras, and other law enforcement technologies, is pausing work on a project to develop a Taser-equipped drone that it believed could be used…

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