Pentagon confirms deployment of advanced AI in operations against Iran, says humans make final calls

The U.S. military said it is employing a range of advanced artificial-intelligence tools in its campaign against Iran, with commanders asserting that human operators retain ultimate authority over targeting decisions. Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said AI is accelerating the analysis of battlefield data, as rights groups press for an independent probe into a school bombing that killed more than 170 people and Iran reports broad damage to civilian infrastructure. The announcement comes as the Trump administration escalates its technology push, clashing with AI firm Anthropic over restrictions on autonomous weapons and surveillance after the company was blacklisted as a “supply chain risk.” China warned that unrestrained military AI could erode wartime accountability and risk “technological runaway.”

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