U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services. But the number of civilians killed has also soared,

The Israel MoD DDR&D (MAFAT), has concluded a series of operational trials evaluating around 20 counter-drone technologies.

U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more targets in Gaza and Lebanon.

Militaries have for years hired private companies to build custom autonomous weapons. However, Israel’s recent wars mark a leading instance in which commercial AI models made in the United States have been used in active warfare, despite concerns that they were not originally developed to help decide who lives and who dies.