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Does Trump want to wage an AI-powered war?

Does Trump want to wage an AI-powered war?

Science Weekly vor 7 Monaten

Madeleine Finlay speaks to technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker, who explains why he thinks this moment represents a dangerous turning point for the use of artificial intelligence in conflicts

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In the past three months, Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly
used AI twice to effect regime change – once in its capture of
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and more recently to help
plan the strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei. The most recent strikes coincided with the end of the
Pentagon’s relationship with the AI company Anthropic over concerns
its AI tool Claude was being used for purposes the company had
explicitly prohibited. The government swiftly signed a new contract
with Open AI. To find out what this means for the use of AI in
forthcoming conflicts, Madeleine Finlay speaks to technology
journalist Chris Stokel-Walker. He explains why he thinks this
moment represents a dangerous turning point.. Help support our
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