A US missile strike killed at least 175 people at an elementary school in Iran on February 28.
According to the Pentagon, the military uses AI tools to process targeting data — but they won't confirm whether AI was involved in selecting this school.
A US missile strike killed at least 175 people at an elementary school in Iran on February 28.
According to the Pentagon, the military uses AI tools to process targeting data — but they won't confirm whether AI was involved in selecting this school.
A preliminary investigation found officers used outdated intelligence. The school had been separated from a nearby military base since 2016. The maps weren't updated.
When decisions move faster than humans can verify them, these are the consequences.
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