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Autonomous Kargu-2 Drone Allegedly Remotely Used to Hunt down Libyan Soldiers

AI Incident Database · article · Jun 1, 2021 · UTC

In Libya, a Turkish-made Kargu-2 aerial drone powered by a computer vision model was allegedly used remotely by forces backed by the Tripoli-based government to track down and attack enemies as they were running from rocket attacks.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2020-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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