The NYPD has announced a pilot program to deploy a Knightscope robot "sometime in the summer, around June or July":
Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD chief: "The K5, this is a leased piece of technology, we do not own this technology. We are in agreement to use just one for now as a pilot. And we would like to start this pilot sometime in the summer, around June or July, to last for approximately six months. And we're looking to initially deploy it either in Times Square or the subway station.
For the first month of this appointment we will have a human partner along with the artificial intelligence, the device. One of our members from TARU will help monitor it and make sure that it's working properly."
NYTimes: "the Police Department will test out a five-foot-tall robot, manufactured by Knightscope, in the Times Square subway station starting this summer. The department’s seven-month contract, which includes three months to ready the device for use and four months for testing it, will cost $12,250, according to a City Hall spokesman. Initially, the robot will be accompanied by a police officer."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/nyregion/nypd-digidog-robot-crime.html
Will resolve when there is a credible news report of deployment (which can include the human partner, see above) or at EOD August 15th
@SebastianWorms ah thanks for the reminder! was just being forgetful. give me a few minutes here
Is this considered deployment or just a test?
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/ai-surveillance-robotics-police-privacy-new-york-00110672
@SebastianWorms I agree, but the article does reference the April press briefing and shows pictures of the K5, so maybe that's where the confusion is coming from.