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The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets

The Trump administration says the United States has struck 11,000 targets in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war on the country began. Critics have questioned the accuracy of the Maven system, the ...
Business Insider

The Pentagon provided a rare inside look at Palantir's Project Maven and how the AI tool helps the military wage war

A Pentagon official recently demonstrated how a Palantir tool can be used to support strikes. Cameron Staley, the Pentagon's chief digital and AI officer, praised Palantir's Project Maven. According ...
Wired

Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans

An ongoing and heated dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic is raising new questions about how the startup’s technology is actually used inside the US military. In late February, Anthropic ...
Reuters

Musk unveils joint Tesla-xAI project 'Macrohard', eyes software disruption

March 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled a joint project between Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab and his artificial intelligence startup xAI, which he called "Macrohard" or "Digital Optimus" ...
The Conversation

US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war

The U.S. military was able “to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran” thanks in part to its use of artificial intelligence, according to The Washington Post.
CNET

I Tried Vibe Coding the Same Project Using Different Gemini Models. The Results Were Dramatic

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
PBS

U.S. will send anti-drone system to Mideast after successful use in Ukraine, officials say

LONDON (AP) — An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials ...
The Washington Post

Anthropic’s AI tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud

In order to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced artificial intelligence it’s ever used in warfare, a tool that ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban

Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco ...
KSDK

Developer proposes $2B mixed-use project in Metro East, with funding from new state incentive

GLEN CARBON, Ill. — A Metro East community has taken the first step to gaining approval for state incentives for a new $2 billion retail and entertainment development designed to keep Illinois ...