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California Regulators Halt Human vs Robot Cage Fight in San Francisco

Original: The New York Times. . California regulators sent a cease-and-desist to fight promoters who pitted a human against several robot combatants in a San Francisco cage fight. https://nyti.ms/4hFgvyc

California regulators have issued a cease-and-desist order against promoters who staged a San Francisco cage fight pitting a single human fighter against several robotic combatants. The event, reported by The New York Times, drew official scrutiny over safety and regulatory concerns. Commenters are debating whether such human-versus-machine spectacles should be allowed, and what rules should govern robot fights.

Why now: The unusual spectacle of a human fighting robots in a sanctioned-style cage match, and regulators moving to shut it down, is drawing broad attention.

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