Israel’s AI experiments in the war in Gaza raise ethical concerns

In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence could not find Biari, who they believed was hidden in the network of tunnels underneath Gaza. So Israeli officers turned to a new military technology infused with artificial intelligence, three Israeli and American officials briefed on the events said. The technology was developed a decade earlier but had not been used in battle. Finding Biari provided new incentive to…