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How AI is turning the Iran conflict into theater
Publisher description: “Anyone wanna host a get together in SF and pull this up on a 100 inch TV?” The author of that post on X was referring to an online intelligence dashboard following…
MIT Technology Review | Mar 9, 2026 | James O'Donnell
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Many were apparently “vibe-coded” in a couple of days with the help of AI tools, including one that got the attention of a founder of the intelligence giant Palantir, the platform through which the US military is accessing AI models like Claude during the war. But these intelligence dashboards and the ecosystem surrounding them reflect a new role that AI is playing in wartime: mediating information, often for the worse. Intelligence agencies, on the other hand, pair data feeds with people who can offer expertise and historical context.
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