U.S. looking at report that Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza
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The U.S. was looking into a media report that said the Israeli military has been using AI to help identify bombing targets in Gaza.
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, said the U.S. had not verified the content of the media report published in +972 Magazine and Local Call on Wednesday. It cited Israeli intelligence officials involved in the reported program known as "Lavender."
The Israeli Defense Forces, in statements to the media on Thursday, denied that AI was used to identify suspected extremists and targets.
The media report said the Israeli army had marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using the AI system with little human oversight.
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Kirby, in the CNN interview, was also asked about an Axios report that the Israeli security cabinet had approved the opening of the Erez crossing with Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to enter.
Kirby said that if true, the opening of the crossing would be "welcome news" and "certainly in keeping" with what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden in their call on Thursday.
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