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The Guardian — Technology · September 9, 2026

US allies lack resources to keep pace on AI, top Pentagon official says

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Accelerating military intelligence processing and battlefield targeting decisions

The Pentagon's top artificial intelligence official warned that key NATO and Five Eyes allies lack the resources, scale, and experience to match the United States' rapid military AI adoption. At the same time, the Department of Defense's aggressive drive to shorten intelligence-to-strike timelines has sparked political and legal backlash, highlighted by a congressional inquiry into civilian casualties from an AI-assisted air strike in Iran. This widening capability gap and push for rapid deployment present profound implications for alliance interoperability, defense policy governance, and accountability under international law.

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