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‘God’s view’: the rise of AI war dashboards

By AFP
March 14, 2026
An officer from the Catalan Police operates the Room of the Future, a next-generation police coordination hub featuring an advanced multi-screen interface designed for real-time monitoring of social media alerts, drone-based video feeds, and the Kuppel anti-drone security system, at the Fira Gran Via during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2026. — AFP
An officer from the Catalan Police operates the "Room of the Future", a next-generation police coordination hub featuring an advanced multi-screen interface designed for real-time monitoring of social media alerts, drone-based video feeds, and the Kuppel anti-drone security system, at the Fira Gran Via during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2026. — AFP 

TOKYO: The AI dashboard shows frigates gathered around Cyprus and military planes flying towards the Gulf, where a breaking news pin alerts users to unconfirmed reports of a drone strike on Dubai. 

At that precise moment on Friday, more than 3,200 people had their eyes glued to “Monitor the Situation”, which tracks everything from world leaders´ locations to internet outages. 

It´s one of several free sites using artificial intelligence to crunch data into interactive world maps that are info-rich but not always reliable.