US Military Confirms Using Advanced AI Tools in War Against Iran Amid Civilian Casualty Concerns

The United States military has publicly confirmed it is using a “variety” of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in its war with Iran, a confirmation delivered by Brad Cooper, head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

“The United States military has confirmed using a “variety” of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the war with Iran amid growing concerns over mounting civilian casualties in the conflict”

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Al Jazeera reports Cooper said the tools help US soldiers process troves of data and that “our war fighters are leveraging a variety of advanced AI tools.”

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The announcement comes amid growing public scrutiny over the conduct and consequences of the campaign in Iran.

CENTCOM described the effect of those tools as dramatically speeding analysis and decision-making, saying AI systems “help us sift through vast amounts of data in seconds so our leaders can cut through the noise and make smarter decisions faster than the enemy can react.”

CENTCOM also emphasised that “humans will always make final decisions on what to shoot and what not to shoot and when to shoot,” while asserting that advanced AI can turn processes that used to take hours or days “into seconds.”

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The Al Jazeera report places the confirmation against a backdrop of sharply rising civilian casualties and calls for accountability: it says there are calls for an independent investigation into a school bombing in southern Iran that killed “more than 170 people, mostly children.”

“The United States military has confirmed using a “variety” of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the war with Iran amid growing concerns over mounting civilian casualties in the conflict”

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The piece also reports that the US-Israeli campaign has killed “at least 1,300 people in Iran since it began on February 28,” highlighting the immediate human toll that is prompting scrutiny over the use of such technologies.

Al Jazeera’s coverage links the announcement to wider concerns about how AI has been used in other recent conflicts, noting reports that Israel “relied heavily on AI during its genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians since October 2023 and turned most of the territory into rubble.”

The article further relays claims from the Iranian Red Crescent Society that the US-Israeli bombardment campaign has damaged “nearly 20,000 civilian buildings and 77 healthcare facilities,” underlining broader infrastructure and humanitarian impacts described in the reporting.

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The report notes growing concerns from rights experts about the use of AI in war despite CENTCOM’s assurance that humans make final targeting decisions, signalling an unresolved debate over accountability and the real-world effects of automating parts of the targeting and analysis process.

“The United States military has confirmed using a “variety” of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the war with Iran amid growing concerns over mounting civilian casualties in the conflict”

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Al Jazeera’s piece therefore frames the US confirmation as a development that intensifies calls for independent scrutiny while reporting concrete casualty and damage figures that fuel those demands.

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