GoKawiilPentagon probe ties AI targeting system to deadly Iran school strike
A Bloomberg report citing Pentagon investigators found that the February 28 double-tap strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school, which killed over 150 people including at least 123 children, resulted from outdated intelligence compounded by heavy reliance on an AI targeting system. Investigators described the tragedy as a cascade of small errors rather than a single mistake, involving technology similar to systems used to fast-track thousands of strikes earlier in the war.
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The findings contradict President Trump's earlier claims that footage of the massacre may have been AI-generated, and instead point to a real accountability gap in how algorithmic tools are used to select bombing targets. As militaries increasingly lean on AI for rapid decision-making in warfare, this incident illustrates how automation combined with stale data can produce catastrophic, hard-to-trace failures with civilian casualties.
- Pentagon investigators linked the deadly school strike to an AI targeting system and outdated intelligence.
- Over 150 people, including 123 children, died in the February 28 double-tap attack.
- Trump's claim that the footage might be AI-generated is undercut by the Pentagon's own findings and a UN commission report.
Source: futurism.com — Joe Wilkins, 2026-09-21
Published there as: “It Turns Out the US Military Really Did Use AI to Blow Up a School Full of Iranian Children”
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