Plans for Taser drone halted as 9 on company’s ethics board resign
Plans for Taser drone halted as 9 on company’s ethics board resign
By MICHAEL BALSAMO | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone after a majority of its ethics board resigned over the controversial project.
Axon’s founder and CEO Rick Smith said the company’s announcement last week — which drew a rebuke from its artificial intelligence ethics board —…