New Delhi, March 10 -- The use of foundational AI is sweeping across the current middle-east conflict, with the US engaging Claude, the artificial intelligence model built by startup Anthropic, through defence contractor Palantir. The use of AI has reportedly sharpened strikes by the US, raising conversations around AI turning into killing machines and going against pledges and constitutions by Big Tech. Is this an inflection point for AI policy worldwide? Mint explains.

A report by US security research firm Soufan Center underlined that the US Department of War (formerly Department of Defense) used Anthropic's Claude, embedded in Palantir's battlefield intelligence suite Maven Smart System, to identify sharp targets during its strikes o...