US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war

Anthropic’s Claude is helping the US military choose targets to strike in Iran, but responsibility for the accuracy, strategy and ethics of the decisions rests with humans.

By: Jon R. Lindsay, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 1,393

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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By Jon R. Lindsay, Georgia Institute of Technology

The U.S. military was able “to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran” thanks in part to its use of artificial intelligence, according to The Washington Post. The military has used Claude, the AI tool from Anthropic, combined with Palantir’s Maven system, for real-time targeting and target prioritization in support of combat operations in Iran and Venezuela.

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