A Chinese company’s publication of AI-enhanced satellite images of US bases in the Middle East is helping Iranian forces identify targets, US intelligence believes.

The ABC has been briefed on the intelligence by a source inside US defence, who says the images are endangering lives.

Chinese geospatial artificial intelligence and software company MizarVision, which the Chinese government has a small ownership stake in, has been publishing detailed satellite images with tagging data of multiple US military sites in the lead-up to, and during, the Iran war.

The imagery showcases an AI tool that identifies and tags military forces across vast areas, a capability that once required the resources of a national intelligence agency.

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      “Fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less well known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.’”

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      if it is, the USA is completely fucked… no amount of money can overcome this level of ineptitude

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    Lemmy get this straight. The Trump admin was fine with satellite data being shared for all these years and then they commit a warcrime where the data is used to verify it indeed was a warcrime and now they want satellite data banned.

    HMMMMMMMMMM

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    20 hours ago

    “Endangering lives”? Iran striking US bases will almost certainly lead to fewer lives lost.

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    Russia and China watch US pull a Ukraine and now have an extremely cost-effective way of harming or outright destroying US assets similar to US dumping its spare power into the Ukraine conflict.

    They’d be fools not to take advantage of the opportunity, but not nearly as foolish as we were for entering this pointless war in the first place.