Robots are a symbol of increased surveillance Big cities like New York are already heavily surveilled. When asked about privacy concerns, Stephens, the Knightscope co-founder, said "there's ...

Like many people, I thought the robot, called K5, was ridiculous — a bloated, shiny symbol of the surveillance state and the pet project of a mayor whose city was suffering crisis after crisis.

Ai-Da Robot as technology ... Most recently, the lifelike android unveiled her latest creation: a universal symbol designed to identify and watermark AI-generated content across various mediums.