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Overreliance on Palantir AI System Contributed to US Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children, Report Says

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A Pentagon investigation concluded that an overreliance on Palantir Technologies' Maven artificial intelligence system contributed to a lethal US strike on a school in Minab, Iran (Credit: WikiMedia Commons/US Army photo by Capt. Andrew Lightsey IV)

Officials involved in a Pentagon investigation have revealed that some US Central Command personnel relied too heavily on a Palantir-built AI-enabled system during the targeting process that culminated in a strike on an Iranian elementary school, contributing to a chain of failures that killed at least 123 children.

Two Tomahawk missiles hit Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab on 28 February, killing more than 150 people as the United States opened its military campaign against Iran.

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