Genocide in Gaza: Enabled by AI, powered by Big Tech
8 months, 1 week ago

Genocide in Gaza: Enabled by AI, powered by Big Tech

Al Jazeera  

Artificial intelligence has unleashed terror in the killing fields of Gaza. The algorithms that Big Tech designed – and the genocide they assisted. Contributors: Sophia Goodfriend – Researcher, Duke University Mona Shtaya – Digital rights scholar Matthew Mahmoudi – Researcher, Amnesty Tech Sebastian Ben Daniel – Journalist, +972 Magazine On our radar: Nicaragua put Germany in the dock at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of facilitating genocide in Gaza. Where once investigative outlet Bihus.info was relied on to expose Russian war crimes, they’re now undergoing Soviet-style surveillance by security services for exposing corruption in Ukraine. Featuring: Yaroslav Yurchyshyn – Ukrainian Member of Parliament and chair, Freedom of Speech Committee Natalia Ligachova – Editor-in-Chief, Detector Media Maria Zemlyanska – Investigative journalist, Bihus.Info Denys Bihus – Founder, Bihus.Info

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Palestine is a glimpse of the dystopic future that awaits us
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestine is a glimpse of the dystopic future that awaits us

Al Jazeera  

Putting my two girls to bed is a daily ritual for me. In what Amnesty International calls “automated apartheid”, the Israeli authorities have deployed such sophisticated surveillance mechanisms – and so many of them – that Palestine today looks like a much worse version of George Orwell’s 1984. “he drone is constantly with me in my bedroom – worry and …

U.S. looking at report that Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza
8 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. looking at report that Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza

The Hindu  

The United States was looking into a media report that the Israeli military has been using artificial intelligence to help identify bombing targets in Gaza, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told CNN on Thursday. Kirby, in the CNN interview, was also asked about an Axios report that the Israeli security cabinet had approved the opening of the Erez …

‘AI-assisted genocide’: Israel reportedly used database for Gaza kill lists
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘AI-assisted genocide’: Israel reportedly used database for Gaza kill lists

Al Jazeera  

Two Israeli media outlets report the Israeli military’s use of an AI-assisted system called Lavender to identify Gaza targets. The Israeli military’s reported use of an untested and undisclosed artificial intelligence-powered database to identify targets for its bombing campaign in Gaza has alarmed human rights and technology experts who said it could amount to “war crimes”. ‘War crimes’ The media …

The Gospel: Israel turns to a new AI system in the Gaza war
1 year ago

The Gospel: Israel turns to a new AI system in the Gaza war

Al Jazeera  

The role of AI-enhanced warfare in the killing fields of Gaza. More than 60 days into the Israel-Gaza war, two Israeli news outlets – +972 magazine and Local Call – published a report on The Gospel, a new artificial intelligence system deployed in Gaza. Contributors: Marwa Fatafta – MENA Policy and Advocacy Director, Access Now Omar Shakir – Israel and …

Column: We don’t know how Israel’s military is using AI in Gaza, but we should
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: We don’t know how Israel’s military is using AI in Gaza, but we should

LA Times  

The fog of war has thickened in Gaza, a ground invasion is gathering steam, and aerial bombardments continue at a furious pace. As Bloomberg reported on July 15, earlier this year, the IDF had begun “using artificial intelligence to select targets for air strikes and organize wartime logistics.” Israeli officials said at the time that the IDF employed an AI …

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