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Can machines be war criminals?

TL;DR

An AI-enabled software platform developed by Palantir Technologies allows the military to aggregate, organize, and process battlefield data. | SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg/Getty Images On the first day of its war against Iran, the United States killed 123 children when it targeted and struck an elementary school.

Nauti's Take

For AI teams, the first test is the data chain: which source classifies an object, how outdated context is corrected, and who must challenge a result before approval? High-risk systems need traceable data provenance, mandatory human review, and logs that make accountability possible after the decision.

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