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Andon Labs Drone Uses GPT-6 Astra to Track Person

Company posts video of AI system navigating office to follow specific individual from reference image.

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12 Sources, 21d ago, first seen 21d ago

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Andon Labs announced and shared video of an autonomous drone guided by GPT-6 Astra. The system takes a reference image of a person and navigates through their office space to find and follow that individual. The startup described the project as a demonstration that AI can be dangerous and a prompt for public conversation about deployment decisions. Kevin Roose and others posted reactions highlighting the unsettling nature of the technology. Andon Labs stated this marks the first model to surpass human performance on all five Drone-Bench tasks in at least one attempt.

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AI Drone Tracks People from Photos in New Demo

Sentiment

Positive8.9%91.1%Negative

Summary

Replies condemned the GPT-6 Astra autonomous tracking drone as horrifying and dangerous surveillance technology, citing risks of targeted misuse and ethical violations.

Based on 380 sentiment-bearing replies from 348 accounts across 8 conversations.

Sentiment

Positive8.9%91.1%Negative

Summary

Replies condemned the GPT-6 Astra autonomous tracking drone as horrifying and dangerous surveillance technology, citing risks of targeted misuse and ethical violations.

Based on 380 sentiment-bearing replies from 348 accounts across 8 conversations.

12 Sources

@andonlabs"ChatGPT, find this person and follow them." GPT-6 Astra can autonomously navigate a drone through our office to find and follow a specific person. It's the first AI model to beat a human on each of the 5 Drone-Bench tasks in at least one of its attempts.21d
@BrendanNyhanIndoor killer drones coming very soon, militaries and terrorists first. I worry high-profile targets will all be living in bunkers in 5-15 years.20d
@NathanJRobinsonwhy would you spend your life building something this horrifying20d
@kevinrooseproud to announce we have built the Autonomous Tracking Drone from the classic sci-fi horror novel “Don’t Build the Autonomous Tracking Drone”20d
@OzKaterjiView post on X20d
@NC_RenicAI companies: “why aren’t we trusted?” Also AI companies: meet the Stalker9000!”20d
@chris_j_paxtonIf you are a robot foundation model guy and not a deployment guy this must be really concerning20d
@PolymarketJUST IN: Startup builds autonomous drone system using GPT-6 Astra to locate & track a specific person from a single reference image.20d
@MrMatthewToddThey’re going to kill people they deem not useful once things go really pear shaped aren’t they20d
@DreGuevara3*taps sign... again*20d
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    @andonlabs"ChatGPT, find this person and follow them." GPT-6 Astra can autonomously navigate a drone through our office to find and follow a specific person. It's the first AI model to beat a human on each of the 5 Drone-Bench tasks in at least one of its attempts.21d
    @BrendanNyhanIndoor killer drones coming very soon, militaries and terrorists first. I worry high-profile targets will all be living in bunkers in 5-15 years.20d
    @NathanJRobinsonwhy would you spend your life building something this horrifying20d
    @kevinrooseproud to announce we have built the Autonomous Tracking Drone from the classic sci-fi horror novel “Don’t Build the Autonomous Tracking Drone”20d
    @OzKaterjiView post on X20d
    @NC_RenicAI companies: “why aren’t we trusted?” Also AI companies: meet the Stalker9000!”20d
    @chris_j_paxtonIf you are a robot foundation model guy and not a deployment guy this must be really concerning20d
    @PolymarketJUST IN: Startup builds autonomous drone system using GPT-6 Astra to locate & track a specific person from a single reference image.20d
    @MrMatthewToddThey’re going to kill people they deem not useful once things go really pear shaped aren’t they20d
    @DreGuevara3*taps sign... again*20d
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