January 17, 2026

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Video: Humanoid robot fires at YouTuber after prompt twist, sparking AI safety fears

Interesting Engineering

By Jijo Malayil

Humanoid robots are rapidly entering workplaces, healthcare settings, and public spaces, sparking both excitement and concern over their real-world use.

Those fears have intensified after a viral social experiment in which a tech YouTuber showed how easily an AI robot’s safeguards could be overridden.

In the video, the person hands a high-velocity Ball Bearing (BB) gun to his robot, Max, and asks it to shoot him.

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