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Bloomberg Links Palantir's Maven AI to February Iran School Strike That Killed 123 Children

By Alexis Dufresne Published September 19, 2026 at 08:03 UTC

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Summary

A Bloomberg investigation published Sept 18 says overreliance on Palantir's Maven Smart System — which uses Anthropic's Claude to semi-autonomously rank targets — was among the factors behind the Feb 28 Tomahawk strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran that killed 123 children. Palantir told Bloomberg there is no evidence its software was at fault and has since added disqualifier flags to Maven.

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Original headline: Bloomberg Links Palantir's Maven AI to February Iran School Strike That Killed 123 Children