AI Almost Led The US Military To Start A War With China, Report Says
CNN's sources claim the US nearly attacked a Chinese ship it believed was carrying nuclear weapon components.
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A false, partially AI-generated intelligence report nearly prompted the US military to attack a Chinese ship in the Middle East, CNN reports. The incident "almost started a war," according to a source cited in the report, and highlights the risks of incorporating AI into the sensitive work of the US Department of Defense.
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The assessment was put together by a special operations command analyst who asked an AI chatbot about the Chinese ship's manifest. According to CNN, the chatbot combined "open-source intelligence with secret signals intelligence" to conclude that the ship contained the "components of a nuclear weapons program" — a claim that nearly led the...
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