California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches

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News Source : The Verge

News Summary

  • The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month.
  • The fight pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid robot owned by a tech startup, Rek, that was being piloted by a human using what the NYT described as a “remote virtual-reality system.” Rek says it is the “the humanoid robot fighting league” on its website.
The state says Rek, the humanoid robot fighting league, cant host fights involving any human in California without permission.

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