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PENTAGON SIGNS 7 AI MILITARY CONTRACTS, BLACKLISTS ANTHROPIC IN ETHICAL STANDARDS SHOWDOWN
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US military AI and the ethics question: deals signed in the context of the Iran war
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
Al Jazeera connects the Pentagon deals to active AI usage in the US-Iran war for intelligence, targeting and logistics planning. The promise of 'lawful' military AI use is scrutinized skeptically, with definitions of 'lawful' under international law remaining extremely vague. The exclusion of Anthropic — which had specifically imposed safeguards on autonomous targeting — is noted as occurring amid active questions about AI use in the Iran conflict.
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