The high-tech assassination that reveals Trump’s deadly threat to his enemies

The conflict in Iran arrives in a brand new era of warfare, in which deadly technology is evolving at rapid and terrifying speed. In less than a month, the US has used artificial intelligence to sift through data and identify and strike thousands of targets, revealing supercharged capabilities, and an escalating global threat. As 2026 began, Donald Trump reportedly relied on AI in the killing of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro – but it was not the first such attack. In this excerpt from Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare, journalist Katrina Manson traces…