"Shortening the kill chain” - quicker than “the speed of thought”

"The use of AI tools to enable attacks on Iran heralds a new era of bombing quicker than “the speed of thought”, experts have said, amid fears human ­decision-makers could be sidelined... Academics say AI is collapsing the time required for military decision-making. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/03/iran-war-heralds-era-of-ai-powered-bombing-quicker-than-speed-of-thought
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Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’

Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

The Guardian
#Anthropic has proactively deployed its #AImodels to the #DepartmentofWar and other national #securityagencies for various applications. However, Anthropic #opposes the use of its models for #massdomesticsurveillance and #fullyautonomousweapons, citing concerns about #democraticvalues and the current #reliability of #AIsystems. https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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