Russian robots will poison dissidents in AI assassinations

Russia may soon use robots to carry out AI-powered assassinations as part of a new cold war, a computer expert has claimed. Future attacks on exiles and dissidents could be untraceable thanks to the use of automatons, warns Dr Jeremy Straub at Dakota State University. Intelligent machines could be programmed to hack into food ordering systems, like those used at fast food restaurants, to poison their victims. This would have the benefit of killing a target, while appearing to the outside world to be an accidental allergic reaction. The claims come in the wake of the high profile attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, which involved the use of a deadly nerve agent. Prime Minister Theresa May has laid the blame at Moscow's door, expelling a number of prominent diplomats from Britain in the process.