Where OpenAI’s technology could show up in Iran
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OpenAI's technology is helping the Pentagon analyze intelligence and recommend military targets in Iran.
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Your tax dollars are funding AI systems that could make life-or-death targeting decisions with less human oversight.
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OpenAI's technology could be deployed in Iran conflict through its Pentagon agreement, potentially helping human analysts prioritize targets by analyzing intelligence data and recommending which sites to strike first. The company has also partnered with drone-maker Anduril to provide time-sensitive analysis of Iranian drone attacks, following a March 1 incident that killed six US service members in Kuwait when air defenses failed to intercept an Iranian drone. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing AI adoption across all military operations, adding OpenAI's models to the GenAI.mil platform for administrative tasks in February after President Trump ordered the military to stop using Anthropic's AI and designated the company a supply chain risk. OpenAI's conversational AI could provide a new interface for existing military systems like Maven, allowing soldiers to query intelligence data and receive targeting guidance in natural language. If successful with Anduril, OpenAI's technology could be rapidly integrated across the company's $20 billion warfare stack that connects legacy military equipment.
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The Pentagon has integrated OpenAI into military operations and banned competing AI company Anthropic.
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