“A chatbot did not kill those children. People failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal.”

Maven, the program Google was forced to pull out of and Palantir took over, was the system that identified the girls’ school as a target.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying

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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian

@parismarx

In-depth article detailing how the "kill chain" i.e. target acquisition and mission execution, has degraded in quality due to increased "efficiency" demands--and how that mindset is responsible for this tragedy.

https://artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain

also, this is what we can expect more of (missed and misdirected hits), as "ai" is increasingly integrated into targeting evaluation.

Kill Chain

On the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children

Artificial Bureaucracy

@kitkat_blue @parismarx

Coupled with a Secretary of Defence that wants to do away with rules of engagement, these horrific crimes will continue.