The war in Iran has entered its fourth day with further American and Israeli strikes, and Iranian retaliation across the region. Now Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has launched a ground offensive in Lebanon. Attacks on Tehran involved the use of Artificial Intelligence, so why is the Pentagon picking a fight with Anthropic, its supplier? And Pokémon turns 30.

Watch “The Insider” on Iran: Economist experts ask what will happen next

Guests and host:

• Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
• Henry Tricks, US technology editor
• Moeka Iida, Japan correspondent
• Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

• War in Iran, America, Israel, Lebanon, Hizbullah, Middle East
• Anthropic, OpenAI, Claude, Artificial Intelligence 
• Pokemon, media

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