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Home/AI Incident Database/Reports allege the Israeli military used the "Lavender" AI system to generate tens of thousands of targets in Gaza with minimal human review

Reports allege the Israeli military used the "Lavender" AI system to generate tens of thousands of targets in Gaza with minimal human review

+972 Magazine and the Guardian reported that an AI system marked tens of thousands of Gazans as targets and that officers spent seconds approving strikes, the most consequential allegation of AI in lethal targeting to date.

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