A new Financial Times report has raised alarm over Iran’s growing use of artificial intelligence in cyber warfare and military planning. Iranian-linked actors are reportedly using ChatGPT, Gemini and other Western AI models to improve phishing attacks, malicious code and online espionage operations targeting the U.S. and Israel. Experts warn Tehran is rapidly expanding AI-driven cyber capabilities while also developing closed national AI systems under sanctions. The report comes amid rising fears that future U.S.-Iran confrontations may begin not with missiles, but with cyberattacks powered by artificial intelligence and digital deception on a massive scale.