March 04, 2026
AI and the Future of Warfare
Rapid developments in artificial intelligence are changing modern warfare and raising a new batch of ethical questions. The U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in the strikes in Iran and in Venezuela. But now the Pentagon has ended its contract with the tech company after a dispute over how the system would be deployed. Paul Scharre, executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security, sat down with Studio 2 to discuss.
Watch the full interview on WHYY.
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