Key development: Bloomberg is reporting that an AI “kill chain” contributed to the US missile strike on a school in Minab — an attack that killed more than 150 people, most of them children.
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Bloomberg says an AI “kill chain” contributed to the US strike that hit a school in Minab. That matters because it’s reporting that machines helped choose a target that turned out to be a school full of kids, not a military site. (Middle East Eye, citing Bloomberg) [UNCONFIRMED]
Context: The strike took place in February during the broader US-Israel campaign against Iran. Bloomberg’s investigation, relayed by Middle East Eye, alleges that the Pentagon’s overreliance on AI — fed with outdated targeting data and lacking human oversight — was behind the deadly strikes. Bloomberg cites current and former US officials saying some Pentagon personnel knew within hours that a “cascade of preventable failures” was responsible, but the US has not officially acknowledged the strikes. The AI claim rests on a single investigative report so far; treat it as one side of the story until other outlets confirm it.
Sources: Middle East Eye
What to watch: Whether the Pentagon responds to the Bloomberg report — confirming, denying, or staying silent — will shape whether this becomes a full-blown accountability story.