{"id":10849,"date":"2026-04-11T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10849"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:00:16","slug":"130183378-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10849","title":{"rendered":"Middle East war: Inside Palantir&#8217;s Maven, the AI tool powering US strikes in Iran &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"UgCrb clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"XYebw\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"IYpL4\">\n<section class=\"lIbak  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  mR3IZ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"lIbak\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"dV65i\">\n<div class=\"gF0tM\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130183963,imgsize-45008,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/iran-us-israel.jpg\" alt=\"Middle East war: Inside Palantir's Maven, the AI tool powering US strikes in Iran\" title=\"This partially redacted image from video provided by US Central Command shows a military vehicle in Iran shortly before it was struck by a missile fired by US forces on Sunday, March 1. (Image used only for representation)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"XsNYN img_cptn\"><span title=\"This partially redacted image from video provided by US Central Command shows a military vehicle in Iran shortly before it was struck by a missile fired by US forces on Sunday, March 1. (Image used only for representation)\">This partially redacted image from video provided by US Central Command shows a military vehicle in Iran shortly before it was struck by a missile fired by US forces on Sunday, March 1. (Image used only for representation)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Friday (US local time) praised software firm Palantir Technologies even as the Miami-based company\u2019s stock plunged 14%, marking its worst week in a year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>\u201cPalantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war-fighting capabilities and equipment. <!-- -->Just ask our enemies!!!\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The United States military is reportedly using Palantir Technologies\u2019 AI-powered Maven Smart System to identify targets in the Middle East as part of Operation Epic Fury, which began with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>According to a Reuters report in March, the Department of Defense issued a memo formally designating the Maven Smart System as an \u201cofficial programme of record,\u201d signalling its long-term integration across the American military.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>&#8220;Maven Smart System would provide commanders with the latest tools necessary to detect, deter, and dominate our adversaries in all domains,&#8221; the memo quoted Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg as saying, according to Reuters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The decision is expected to come into effect by the end of the current fiscal year, which concludes in September.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>What is Palantir&#8217;s Maven Smart System?<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"22\">\n<ul>\n<li>A Department of Defense initiative, Project Maven began as a drone-imagery labelling programme in April 2017. <\/li>\n<li>Formally known as the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, the AI system can rapidly analyse huge amounts of data from satellites, drones, radars, sensors and intelligence reports.<\/li>\n<li>The platform uses AI to automatically identify potential threats or targets, like enemy military vehicles, buildings, and weapons stockpiles.<\/li>\n<li>The software uses the Claude AI tool developed by Anthropic. However, its use could pose a potential complication for Palantir, as the Department of Defense has recently deemed Anthropic a \u201csupply chain risk.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In recent years, Palantir has landed a growing stream of contracts with the US government, including a deal announced last summer with the army worth up to $10 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Those awards have helped double the company\u2019s stock \u200cprice in \u2060the past year, lifting its market value to nearly $360 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Criticism<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have warned that tools like Maven leave very little time for meaningful verification of the output they produce, raising the risk of incorrect targets being struck. If the AI gets it wrong, the human in the loop may not have the opportunity, or the information, to catch and rectify the error before it becomes irreparable.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>In the US Congress, senior Democrats have called for &#8220;greater scrutiny&#8221; of AI platforms. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>However, Palantir maintains its software does not make \u2060lethal decisions and humans remain responsible for selecting and approving targets.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/international\/middle-east-war-inside-palantirs-maven-the-ai-tool-powering-us-strikes-in-iran\/articleshow\/130183378.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This partially redacted image from video provided by US Central Command shows a military vehicle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26664,12108,967,26663,26662],"class_list":["post-10849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ai-powered-systems","tag-department-of-defense","tag-donald-trump","tag-maven-smart-system","tag-palantir-technologies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}