What happens when an AI hallucination leads to bombing an elementary school? ⚠ Disclaimer: While there is sufficient evidence to indicate that Israel has used AI to determine the targets of their bombing, there is currently insufficient evidence to conclude that the US military is using AI to determine the targets of their bombings. The allegation that the United States is using AI to determine targets for their bombings is a work of speculation, based on current events.
It appears likely that the US government is using Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and/or xAI data models for processing signals intelligence (SIGINT), for AI-generated “kill lists” to determine where to drop their bombs.
[right] This AI datacenter is a machinery of war. Its LLM hallucinations decide which children to assassinate [left] This IG Farben (Bayer/BASF) factory in Auschwitz produced Zyklon B for the Nazis, who murdered over a million children
In Apr 2024, +972 (an Israeli news outlet) published a >9,000 word article describing how the Israeli military had been using Artificial Intelligence to decide which (residential) buildings, hospitals, and schools to bomb in Gaza.
In Feb 2026, the US (and Israel) bombed Iran — killing over 100 schoolchildren
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