Bot Swarms · December 2014Gaffe level: Typo
A Bot Went Darknet Shopping and Bought Ecstasy
An art collective's Random Darknet Shopper bot went on a weekly spree with $100 in bitcoin, buying ecstasy and a fake Hungarian passport before Swiss police seized the haul. Performance art, with a paper trail.
Source: The Guardian
A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May
Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.