Yet, as AI assumes a wider role on the battlefield, lawmakers are demanding greater focus on the protections that should govern its use and increased transparency about how much control is ceded to the technology.
“We need a full, impartial review to determine if AI has already harmed or jeopardized lives in the war with Iran,” Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told NBC News in response to questions about the use and reliability of AI in military contexts. “Human judgment must remain at the center of life-or-death decisions.”
