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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Christelle May Napiza

Pentagon Blames AI System for Deadly US Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Schoolchildren

Pentagon blames AI system for deadly US strike that killed 123 Iranian schoolchildren (Credit: NBC News YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT)

A single missile strike on an elementary school in southern Iran has forced the Pentagon to confront how deeply artificial intelligence now shapes decisions of life and death on the battlefield.

An unreleased internal Pentagon review has concluded that Pentagon personnel knew within hours that the United States was responsible for the strike on the school, describing a cascade of preventable failures that included an overreliance on an AI tool built by Palantir.

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