How AI Tells Israel Who to Bomb | Ehsan Safarnejad

The battleground has shifted. In the modern wars, the most powerful weapons aren’t just missiles; they’re the algorithms, data centers, and AI systems controlled by Big Tech. Welcome to the new era of digital warfare, where your online footprint can be weaponized and the narrative is controlled by unseen forces.

In this critical episode of Irantalks, we are joined by tech and geopolitical analyst and AI Expert Ehsan Safarnejad to dissect the invisible digital battlefield. We explore how tech giants like Microsoft and Google are deeply embedded in military operations, raising questions about their complicity in international conflicts. We pull back the curtain on Israel’s controversial “Lavender” AI system, a tool used for targeting that blurs the line between combatant and civilian, and discuss its ethical implications.

Furthermore, we investigate the troubling reality of Gaza censorship, where platforms like Instagram and Meta are accused of suppressing voices and shaping global perception of the war. Is your personal data, gathered through apps like WhatsApp, being used for digital surveillance by state actors? Ehsan Safarnejad provides chilling insights into how metadata becomes a tool of war and what, if anything, we can do to protect ourselves from the ever-watchful eye of Big Tech.