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  "id": 3486536,
  "title": "Robot dogs are here and they’re cheap, Canada, but their software still needs a human and their security has flaws",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/robot-dogs-are-here-and-theyre-cheap-canada-but-their-software-still",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T10:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "National Post",
    "slug": "national-post",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/shopping-essentials/tech/robot-dogs-here-cheap-purpose-undecided"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "They cost about $6,000 and get pitched to fire crews. The researchers who work on them call the machines a novelty.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}