'Mass assassination factory' How Israel is using AI to find targets for airstrikes in Gaza
The Guardian|December 02, 2023
As Israel resumes its offensive in Gaza after a seven-day ceasefire, there are mounting concerns about the approach used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in planning its targets in a war that, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, has so far killed more than 15,000 people in the territory.
Harry Davies , Bethan McKernan , Dan Sabbagh
'Mass assassination factory' How Israel is using AI to find targets for airstrikes in Gaza

Israel's military has long had a reputation for technical prowess. After the 11-day conflict in Gaza in May 2021, officials said the country had fought its "first AI war" using machine learning and advanced computing.

The latest Israel-Hamas war has provided an unprecedented opportunity for the IDF to use such tools in a much wider theatre of operations and, in particular, to deploy an AI target-creation platform called the Gospel, which has significantly accelerated a lethal production line of targets that officials have compared to a "factory".

The Guardian can reveal new details about the Gospel and its central role in Israel's war in Gaza, using interviews with intelligence sources and little-noticed statements made by the IDF.

This article also draws on testimonies published by the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrewlanguage outlet Local Call, which have interviewed several current and former sources in Israel's intelligence community familiar with the Gospel platform.

Their comments offer a glimpse inside a secretive, Al-facilitated military intelligence unit that is playing a significant role in Israel's response to the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on 7 October.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 02, 2023 من The Guardian.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 02, 2023 من The Guardian.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

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