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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth and Dan Milmo

Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’

Pigeons scatter as smoke rises from a strike on a building in Tehran
Academics say AI is collapsing the time required for military decision-making. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters

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.

Anthropic’s AI model, Claude, was reportedly used by the US military in the barrage of strikes as the technology “shortens the kill chain” – meaning the process of target identification through to legal approval and strike launch.

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