Katrina Manson
Coverage of Katrina Manson in the Nexus archive.
- Civilian Protection in the Age of Military AI: What Congress’s New Legislative Proposals Reveal About Emerging Safeguards
The U.S. military's use of AI in targeting operations, including Anthropic's Claude and the Maven Smart System, has sparked congressional efforts to regulate military AI through proposed legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senators introduced bills in 2026 to establish safeguards, amid controversies over AI-driven munitions deployment and supply chain risks involving companies like Anthropic and OpenAI.
- How Project Maven taught the military to love AI
The US military used AI systems like the Maven Smart System to accelerate targeting during its assault on Iran, striking over 1,000 targets in 24 hours. Journalist Katrina Manson's book details Project Maven's development from 2017, which applied computer vision to drone footage and sparked protests at Google, its initial contractor.