EXPOSED: Israel's Weaponisation of AI to Exterminate Palestinians | Mona Shtaya

Palestine Deep Dive

Palestinian digital rights defender, Mona Shtaya, exposes Israel’s weaponisation of artificial intelligence through its surveillance and automated target systems technology used to massacre Palestinians en masse in its genocide on Gaza.

“So we’re not speaking about Hamas fighters, we’re speaking about normal civilians who were just sitting in their homes and they were targeted for the sake of being Palestinians.”

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In a recent article for Mondoweiss, Shtaya argues that Israel’s participation in the first global AI treaty raises serious questions given how Israel has for months, “used advanced AI systems like ‘Lavender’ and ‘Habsora’ to target and kill civilians in Gaza, all while celebrating its role in drafting a treaty that claims to ensure responsible AI governance."

READ: Israel is joining the first global AI convention, here’s why that’s dangerous https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/israel...

Mona Shtaya is a Palestinian digital rights defender, working as the Campaigns and Partnerships Manager (MENA) and Corporate Engagement Lead at Digital Actions; she is also a 2024 Migration and Technology Monitor Fellow and a non-resident scholar for the Middle East Institute (MEI) in the Palestine-Israel program.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers.