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Why Iran is just the beginning of AI warfare

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:16:10
Publish Date: 2026-03-11 15:00:00
Description:

Artificial intelligence is playing a key role in the war in Iran, with AI tools suspected of being used to gather intelligence, pick targets and plan bombings.

At the same time, a battle has broken out between the Trump administration and one of the leading AI firms, Anthropic, over what limits should be placed on the use of AI by the military. 

Today, Toby Walsh, the chief scientist at the AI Institute at the University of New South Wales on why guardrails are crucial to avoid a nightmare future of AI fuelled warfare. 

Featured: 

Toby Walsh, UNSW AI Institute chief scientist 

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