A.I. is changing the ways war is waged. This week, we explore how the U.S. and Israel are using A.I. to identify targets in the conflict with Iran — and why data centers and fiber optic cables are targets on the front lines. Then, researcher Julie Bedard breaks down “A.I. brain fry,” a new condition she and her colleagues studied among A.I. users at work. And finally, Casey shares his battle with Grammarly after the company used his identity in a new A.I. feature, without his consent.
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 <li><a href="https://www.bcg.com/about/people/experts/julie-bedard" rel="noopener noreferrer">Julie Bedard,</a> managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group who is also the lead author of a survey of<a href="https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry" rel="noopener noreferrer"> “A.I. brain fry” in the workplace</a>.</li>
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Additional Reading:
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 <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-ai-is-turbocharging-the-war-in-iran-aca59002" rel="noopener noreferrer">How A.I. Is Turbocharging the War in Iran</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthropic-ai-iran-campaign/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anthropic’s A.I. tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-fatigue-is-real" rel="noopener noreferrer">A.I. Fatigue Is Real and Nobody Talks About It</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/token-anxiety-nikunj-kothari-reu5c/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Token Anxiety</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it" rel="noopener noreferrer">A.I. Doesn’t Reduce Work — It Intensifies It</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/890921/grammarly-ai-expert-reviews" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grammarly Is Using Our Identities Without Permission</a></li>
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