Escalation: Middle East war widens
The IntelligenceThe war in Iran has entered its fourth day with further American and Israeli strikes, and Iranian retaliation across the region. Now Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has launched a ground offensive in Lebanon. Attacks on Tehran involved the use of Artificial Intelligence, so why is the Pentagon picking a fight with Anthropic, its supplier? And Pokémon turns 30.
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- Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
- Henry Tricks, US technology editor
- Moeka Iida, Japan correspondent
- Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- War in Iran, America, Israel, Lebanon, Hizbullah, Middle East
- Anthropic, OpenAI, Claude, Artificial Intelligence
- Pokemon, media
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