NYPD Brings Back Robotic Dogs After Dystopian Backlash

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Well, check this out. Robotic dogs are back in New York City and the NYPD calls them digi dogs. That's right. And it plans to use them in life threatening situations like bomb threats or a hostage crisis. The tech was first unveiled two years ago but the city canceled the contract after fierce backlash from activists and civil liberties groups. And now Mayor Eric Adams is deploying the digi dogs along with two autonomous security robots that look a little bit like R two D two. That sounds a little cool.