US Air Force Advances AI-Enabled Combat Drone 'Dark Merlin' Toward Live Weapons Testing
Date: 2026-02-23
Attack vector: rce
Category: real-world
Severity: High

Tracked by the OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor (AIM) as OECD-AIM-2026-02-23-558b, dated 2026-02-23. Classified attack vector: rce. See the AIM incident page (https://oecd.ai/en/incidents/2026-02-23-558b) and its cited news sources for full narrative detail.


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