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The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets

2026-03-31 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Trump administration says the United States has struck 11,000 targets in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war on the country began. Critics have questioned the accuracy of the Maven system, the artificial intelligence system used by the military to speed up the process of identifying targets. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@semontreal6907 2026-03-31

What a scumbag, this palantir guy is talking about death like it's a game

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@ParacausalRefraction 2026-03-31

A fundamental lack of intelligence is a pretty good description of America

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@KFearey 2026-03-31

Yup, lots more targets bombed, like elementary schools, Universities, etc. WTF

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@emp_zealoth 2026-03-31

Ironically Maven is helping US lose the war faster, since they can now burn through their weapons so much quicker, without actually hitting much of military value. It's horrific how much civilian infrastructure they are blowing up though

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@davidpagan3972 2026-03-31

Using AI for anything is insane as long as the oligarchy is able to control how it's used. Using AI for warfare is madness, nothing good can come a computer deciding who should live and die . As long as the oligarchy is running America they can't be trusted to control AI .

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@guramare44 2026-03-31

Another sign of humans insanity. Use their most advanced technology for killing people to steal their resources. Wouldn't be better to use those technologies for taking all of us out of poverty?

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@davidbellecy1709 2026-03-31

Palantir is a criminal organization committing war crimes against humanity. Modern corporations are pure evil.

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@GwainSagaFanChannel 2026-03-31

We need a treaty to ban any and all AI in warfare so we prevent a future with armies of robots massacring entire populations

49 6 replies
@janedasilva7792 2026-03-31

They must have tweaked their algorythm - from what I hear, they are hitting schools, hospitals, ambulances, first responder headquarters and everything that is a war crime!!!!!

43 7 replies
@ricko3322 2026-03-31

Thank You Google employees for stepping in as the Corporate Conscience missing from Corporate Executives.

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