A naughty AI robot touched a woman on the bum as she reported from an Artificial Intelligence event.
The grope gaffe was caught on camera.
The clip shows android Muhammad standing behind reporter Rawya Kassem.
As she looks into the camera speaking into her mic, cheeky Muhammad slowly raises his right hand and pats her on the backside.
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Kassem immediately flinches and turns around with her hand raised as if to admonish him.
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The clip, filmed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, caused a stir online.
One viewer asked: “What kind of coding have they done for the sheikh?”
Another remarked: “That cheeky bugger.”
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A third said: “Saudi Arabia unveils pervert male robot.”
Noor wrote: “Naming an underdeveloped robot in the name of Muhammad is not correct.”
And Aira joked: “Saudi Arabia is changing now for good.”
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Android Muhammad was developed by Saudi AI and robotics firm QSS.
The event, DeepFest, introduced him on X, writing: “I am Muhammad, the first Saudi robot in the form of a man.
“I was manufactured and developed here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a national project to demonstrate our achievements in the field of artificial intelligence.”
Saudi Arabia is investing in and developing AI in a bid to diversify its economy from oil and gas.
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