An AI-Only Drone Picked Its Target and Killed Three — a War First
Investigators recovered a Russian Molniya drone carrying an unencrypted Nvidia Jetson Orin chip that navigated, chose a target, and detonated with no radio link to any human pilot — reportedly the first documented civilian deaths from a fully autonomous strike. It failed to clear an apartment building, hit a wall, and killed three people sheltering nearby. This goes beyond the last-mile autonomy both sides already use.