add additional info on policing and war

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* [Healthy and Safety](#healthy-and-safety)
* [Maintainer Fatigue](#maintainer-fatigue)
* [Ties to the War Industrial Complex](#ties-to-the-war-industrial-complex)
* [Effects on Policing](#effects-on-policing)
* [Deskilling](#deskilling)
* [Effect on Hardware Prices](#effect-on-hardware-prices)
* [License](#license)
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A lot of AI companies also work directly with nation states for use in their Departments of War (sometimes called Defense) which in turn leads to futher AI usage during war and invasions.
As an example [OpenAI works with the Pentagon](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban).
As an example [NPR: OpenAI announces Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban).
Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not.
Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. Examples:
- [Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit domicide in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/gaza-un-experts-deplore-use-purported-ai-commit-domicide-gaza-call)
- [Lavender & Wheres Daddy: How Israel Used AI to Form Kill Lists & Bomb Palestinians in Their Homes](https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/israel_ai)
### Effects on Policing
Police using AI have also led to people being jailed for things they've never done. As an example:
- [Grandmother jailed for 6 months after AI error linked her to a crime in a state she had never even visited, lawyers say](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-grandmother-ai-arrest-error-north-dakota-b2938261.html)
### Maintainer Fatigue