# The Iran war has seen the US military use AI more than any conflict before.

*genai · news · 2026-05-07 · ABC17News.com*

## Key points

- The US military now uses AI like Palantir's and Anthropic's tools more extensively than ever before.
- Legal frameworks place no explicit restrictions on where AI can be used in the military kill chain.
- The Pentagon's 2023 directive leaves 'appropriate' human judgment in AI targeting undefined and open to interpretation.
- A legal dispute has arisen between the Pentagon and Anthropic over limits on military use of Anthropic's AI.
- AI-enabled systems now let the US military dynamically process and strike over 1,000 targets every 24 hours.

**Companies:** Palantir, Anthropic
**Countries:** United States, Iran

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