2 New Recruits Help Israel Track Hamas Operatives In Gaza. They Are Both AI
There are reports that the Israeli military is using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in bombing operations against Gaza. The so-called "Lavender" and "Bible" systems have played an important role in the IDF's mission strategy and have sparked controversy over their ethics and legality. What is Lavender? AI Created by Unit 8200, Israel's elite intelligence unit, Lavender operates as an intelligence production facility designed to identify potential targets affiliated with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Lavender used machine learning algorithms and analyzed vast amounts of data to identify individuals in the military group who were considered "junior" militants. According to reports by the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 magazine and the Hebrew-language magazine Local Call, Lavender initially identified some 37,000 Palestinian men with ties to Hamas or PIJ. The use of artificial intelligence to identify targets is a major...