Trump is using AI to fight his wars – this is a dangerous turning point | Chris Stokel Walker

THere are many things that AI can do. It can sort your shopping list and entertain your kids when they’re mutinous by creating a customized bedtime story for them. It can make you more efficient at work and help our government work more effectively.

What is less written about and what we need to shout about now are the risks associated with the militarization of AI. Twice in the last three months, Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly used AI to bring about regime change or, in the most recent case in Iran, come as close to it as possible, leaving ordinary Iranians to finish the job.

First, Anthropic’s Claude AI model – which most people use as a slightly more sophisticated alternative to ChatGPT – was allegedly used to both plan and execute the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Venezuela, but it is unclear exactly how the model was used. Then this weekend we find out that the AI ​​tool…