2024-04-05T15:42:31+00:00
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/ The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, expressed, on Friday, grave concern about information about the Israeli army’s use of artificial intelligence in the Gaza war.
Guterres said that “technology should be used for good, not to kill.”
“I am deeply concerned by reports that the Israeli army’s bombing campaign includes artificial intelligence as a target identification tool, particularly in densely populated residential areas, which has led to a high level of civilian casualties,” Guterres told reporters.
A text of the United Nations Human Rights Council condemned “Israel’s use of explosive weapons with a wide-ranging effect in the populated areas of Gaza” and the use of artificial intelligence “to assist in the military decision-making process,” considering that this “may contribute to international crimes.”
The Secretary-General pointed out that “the war in Gaza is one of the deadliest conflicts for civilians and relief workers,” adding that “the Israeli military campaign during the past six months has brought death and destruction to the Palestinians in Gaza.”
He called for “a shift in strategy and not just scattered steps regarding opening an aid crossing here or there.”
Regarding Israel’s admission of error in the killing of international kitchen workers, Guterres explained, “This does not negate the need to look into the system that allows these errors to occur and to change it.”
The Israeli army announced on Friday that it was targeting a “Hamas gunman” when he killed seven humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip on Monday, and acknowledged that it had committed a series of “serious mistakes” and violations of its own rules.