AI Force

The US military is changing how it uses artificial intelligence in lethal targeting following a strike that hit a school in Minab, Iran. The reported reforms touch the process by which AI-assisted decisions lead to lethal force, raising questions about oversight of algorithmic warfare. Commenters are debating the accountability implications of automated combat systems and the fallout from civilian casualties.

A new Atlantic essay argues that American higher education is unraveling under successive, overlapping crises. It points to financial strain, political pressure, demographic decline and the disruptive arrival of artificial intelligence as forces hitting colleges at once, rather than one problem at a time. The piece is drawing attention for suggesting that the traditional college model may not survive in its current form.