The Guardian’s view of AI in war: The Iran conflict shows that the paradigm shift has already begun

“N“In the future we will move as slowly as we do now,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned this week, addressing the urgent need to shape the use of artificial intelligence. The speed of technological development – ​​as well as geopolitical turmoil – is blurring the distinction between theoretical arguments and real events. A political dispute Criticism of the US military’s AI capabilities coincides with its unprecedented deployment in the Iran crisis.

AI company Anthropic insisted it could not remove safeguards that prevented the Defense Department from using its technology for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons. The Pentagon said it had no interest in such uses – but such decisions should not be made by companies. Outrageously, the government not only fired Anthropic but also blacklisted it as a supply chain risk. OpenAI intervened and insisted that it had adhered to the red lines declared by Anthropic. But in…