Adm. Frank Bradley delivered a measured warning last week in Tampa. The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command told an audience of special forces leaders that troops must exercise care in adopting artificial intelligence for combat decisions. His words landed amid a broader Pentagon drive to embed the technology across operations. Bradley oversees the military’s most elite and secretive units. He spoke at the annual special forces conference. “Troops have to be very careful about how we come to AI’s employment and its inspiration into the delivery of lethality,” he said, according to reporting by The Associated Press . Bradley added that he envisions systems where AI picks targets. Yet humans must retain absolute assurance. “We, as humans, have to have the confidence that it’s going to deliver violence only where we intend it to be delivered.” Short. Direct. Those sentences captured a tension running through the defense establishment. On one side sits Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.…