U.S. and Israel’s War on Iran

The war in the Gulf has brought artificial intelligence and AI-powered drones into sharp focus. The U.S. military is using the most advanced AI it has ever used in warfare, with analysts predicting that AI is a “game-changer” and will increasingly be embedded into militaries everywhere.

How reliable can AI systems that consumers also use to answer banal questions everyday be? Who will be held accountable for military strikes that hit civilian targets and claim civilian targets? The Gulf has long sold itself as a stable and safe region for data centers. How will tech companies think about securing data centers and undersea cables if they are military targets?

The crisis is also affecting fuel supplies and power generation in countries including India, Vietnam and Bangladesh. This, in turn, is slowing production and straining tech supply chains at a time when a chip shortage is already driving up the cost of smartphones and tablets, just another ripple effect from the conflict.