AI Hallucination Nearly Triggered a US Military Operation Against China
Imagine receiving an intelligence report saying a Chinese ship is carrying materials linked to a nuclear weapons programme. You do not have hours to debate it. You act. That is reportedly what nearly happened earlier this year. U.S. military aircraft were already in the air, and armed personnel were preparing to board a Chinese vessel in the Middle East when officials discovered something deeply concerning: The intelligence was wrong. And an AI chatbot had helped produce it.
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