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Today, Explained

AI goes to war

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The US military is using AI to wage war while AI companies are fighting about how their tech is used. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is what President Trump had to say about why the United States is at war with Iran.

0:05.2

We sought repeatedly to make a deal.

0:09.2

We tried. They wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it. Again, they wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it. They didn't want to do it. They didn't know what was happening.

0:17.5

Not the best explanation for a war of choice, sir.

0:22.5

I'm personally a do my own research kind of guy, but let's ask AI why we're at war with

0:28.0

Iran.

0:29.0

Chat?

0:30.2

The United States attacked Iran in 2026 because it claimed Iran posed an imminent threat,

0:36.0

particularly due to Iran's advancing nuclear

0:38.5

program and missile capabilities, and aim to reduce Iran's ability to project power in

0:43.7

the region.

0:44.7

Wow, that was a better explanation.

0:47.0

Thanks, Chat.

0:48.2

Fitting that AI was more clear than the President of the United States, because it turns

0:52.1

out the United States is using AI to fight the war in Iran.

0:56.4

The future of war is AI and that future is now here.

1:01.6

I'm Sean Bacchusferum and that's coming up on today, explained from Vox.

1:07.7

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1:14.2

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1:20.9

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1:27.9

So whether you're a startup tackling your first SOC 2 or ISO-27-001

1:34.0

or an enterprise managing vendor risk,

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