Overworked South Korean AI Robot Commits Suicide

An AI robot employed as a civil servant by the Gumi City Council in South Korea was found unresponsive by the staff. The bot had allegedly fallen down a flight of stairs at around 4pm on June 27, 2024. The robo supervisor was employed by the government as a civil servant in August 2023. It worked from 9 am to 6 pm like a regular employee. The council bot possessed a civil servant card and handled tasks called ‘elevators.’ The robot was found smashed and defunct in the stairwell between the second and first floor of the council building. Per witnesses, the robot was seen to be circling around a specific spot before the incident occurred. Officials stated that pieces of the robot have been collected for forensic examination.

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