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The Guardian named the officer who heads the classified elite unit. However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
following the revelation, his identity was not published by Israeli media due to military censorship guidelines.
The book at the center of what The Guardian called an "embarrassing security lapse" was The Human Machine Team, a 2021 book whose author, identified only as Brig. Gen. YS, "offers a radical vision for how AI can transform the relationship between military personnel and machines."
According to The Guardian, the book’s themes "closely resemble" AI-powered target identification systems alleged to have been employed by the Israeli Defense Forces, a claim that the military denies.
The Guardian said that an electronic version of The Human Machine Team "included an anonymous email address that can easily be traced" to the secretive commander’s name and Google account. Multiple sources confirmed The Guardian’s identification of the intelligence officer, the British newspaper said.
The IDF responded to the report by saying that the email address it had unearthed was not the officer’s personal account, but rather was devoted to the book.
"The book in question was published several years ago and the address mentioned in it is not used by the officer personally and has not been used in the past," the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in response to a query on the report.
"However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
the reveal of the officer’s personal details is a mistake. The issue will be investigated to prevent the recurrence of similar cases in the future," the IDF added.
The 8200 unit is the military’s main signals intelligence gathering unit. It is a highly regarded unit with a revolving door into Israel’s burgeoning tech industry.
The discovery that its commander allowed his identity to be discovered will add to accusations of hubris and damage to 8200’s reputation as reports surfaced that the unit’s top brass had largely dismissed warnings ahead of Hamas
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