Israel-Hamas war: How AI helps Israel army select bombing targets in Gaza
Hamas to “produce targets at a fast pace". In its article, the IDF claimed that over 12,000 targets were hit in 27 days of fighting.
This is approximately 444 targets a day. Meanwhile, sources familiar with how AI-based systems have been integrated into the IDF’s operations told the Guardian that such tools had significantly sped up the target creation process.
"With the help of artificial intelligence, and through the rapid and automatic extraction of updated intelligence, it (the Gospel) produces a recommendation for the researcher, with the goal being that there will be a complete match between the machine's recommendation and the identification performed by a person," the IDF said. ALSO READ: Israel-Hamas war Day 50: Hostages swapped during Gaza ceasefire, Israel says 'nothing is over until...' | 10 updates Meanwhile, the Guardian quoted sources as saying, "Systems such as the Gospel had played a critical role in building lists of individuals authorised to be assassinated." It also quoted the former head of the IDF, Aviv Kochavi, as saying that the target division is “powered by AI capabilities" and includes hundreds of officers and soldiers.
In an interview published before the war, Kochavi had said it was "a machine that produces vast amounts of data more effectively than any human and translates it into targets for attack". ALSO READ: Israel-Hamas War: Gaza death toll crosses 13,000; FMs of 4 Muslim nations to head to China for discussions He added that the IDF "possesses Matrix-like capabilities".
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