Can tech protect US schools from mass shootings?

A demonstration of AI gun detection technology from Omnilert. — Omnilert

LOS ANGELES: A few days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, a year ago, taser maker Axon Enterprise floated the idea of a “non-lethal” drone for schools that could be activated by AI-powered surveillance.

It caused a stir – prompting the company's own AI ethics advisory board to quit in protest and highlighting growing unease about the ethics and effectiveness of security tools being marketed aggressively by tech firms to US schools.