{
  "id": 3994431,
  "title": "Russia Now Using Fully AI-Controlled Drones to Kill Ukrainian Civilians, Powered by Nvidia Chips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/russia-now-using-fully-ai-controlled-drones-to-kill-ukrainian",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-28T15:47:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/russia-fully-ai-controlled-drones-kill-ukrainians"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a joint statement, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric Egger warned that the use of autonomous targeting machines to kill humans \"is dangerously close to crossing a moral red line.\" While international humanitarian law strictly prohibits targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, reports indicate that Russia is already employing AI-controlled drones to target innocent people in Ukraine. Ukrainian military commanders and forensics experts have confirmed that fully autonomous Russian drones, operated by an experimental AI system, are targeting civilians in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine. These drones have been able to accurately target specific objects, such as propane tanks near a gas station. Forensic experts recovered onboard minicomputers developed by AI chipmaker Nvidia, known as Jetson Orin, which enabled the drones to identify their own targets. The drones did not possess any antennas or emit radio frequencies, suggesting they were not remotely piloted by Russian soldiers. While the absence of an antenna does not definitively prove AI steering, a conventional autopiloting system would not require an Nvidia AI chip. The ethical implications of these machine learning algorithm-targeting drones, or \"killer robots,\" targeting civilians without human intervention are dire. International rights groups, including the UN and the Red Cross, have called on states to take decisive action to prevent this dangerous trend.",
  "summary": "\"In a few years, we will be living in a ‘Terminator’ movie. It’s no joke. Machines are making decisions to strike.\" The post Russia Now Using Fully AI-Controlled Drones to Kill Ukrainian Civilians, Powered by Nvidia Chips appeared first on Futurism .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "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."
}