{"id":57958,"date":"2026-03-08T03:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=57958"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:50:41","slug":"israel-accused-of-using-ai-to-pick-iran-targets-without-any-human-oversight-just-like-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/08\/israel-accused-of-using-ai-to-pick-iran-targets-without-any-human-oversight-just-like-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Accused of Using AI to Pick Iran Targets \u2018Without Any Human Oversight\u2019 \u2013 Just Like in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Israel\u2019s unprecedented use of artificial intelligence<\/a> to select bombing targets in Gaza<\/a>, experts are now sounding the alarm regarding what one analyst on Thursday called a lack of human supervision over Israeli AI targeting in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilarities between Israel\u2019s bombing of Gaza<\/a> and Tehran<\/a> are growing stronger,\u201d Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft executive vice president Trita Parsi said<\/a> Thursday on X. \u201cIn both cases, it appears Israel is using AI without any human oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, Israel has bombed a park in Tehran called \u2018Police Park,\u2019\u201d Parsi added. \u201cIt has nothing to do with the police. But it appears AI identified it as a target since Israel is bombing all government-related buildings. No one in Israel bothered to check and find out that it is just a park.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borrowing from startup vernacular, tech journalist Jacob Ward calls Israel\u2019s use and export of AI technology<\/a> in the post-Gaza era \u201clethal beta.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGaza was the prototype,\u201d Ward explained in a video posted this week on Bluesky. \u201cIran is the launch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] a live-fire, live-ordnance lab experiment on people, killing people, that creates a pipeline of exportable products to the rest of the world, and it has become a big industry in Israel\u2014and it\u2019s something that we in the United States<\/a> have been dealing with and doing business with for some time as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Israel built AI targeting systems in Gaza \u2014 approved kills in 20 seconds, 10% error rate accepted. Now those same systems are running over Iran and being exported all over the world. I\u2019m calling this \u201clethal beta,\u201d and there\u2019s an arms industry IPO-ing off the back of it. Full breakdown at<\/p>\n

— Jacob Ward (@byjacobward.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-03-04T00:45:09.296Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n