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In early 2026, Ukrainian officials planned a large-scale operation using AI-enabled autonomous drones to disrupt Moscow airports, aiming to pressure Russia. The plan, codenamed M&Ms, was halted due to concerns over civilian casualties and leadership changes, preventing potential harm from the AI system's deployment.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves AI systems (autonomous drones with AI target recognition) whose use was intended to cause harm to critical infrastructure (airports) and could have led to injury or death of civilians, which are harms defined under AI Incident criteria. However, since the operation was stopped before execution, no actual harm occurred. Therefore, this event is best classified as an AI Hazard because it plausibly could have led to an AI Incident but did not materialize. The article does not describe a realized harm but a credible risk from the planned use of AI systems in warfare.[AI generated]