'It almost started a war': US Army nearly boarded a Chinese ship after receiving an "entirely false"…
- A chatbot invented entirely false cargo details about a Chinese vessel
- Armed troops prepared to board the ship before anyone checked the source
- Military aircraft were already active when officials caught the error
A false intelligence assessment nearly triggered a US military invasion of a Chinese vessel after AI-assisted analysis wrongly identified its cargo.
The report circulated during the Iran conflict and prompted preparations to intercept the vessel before officials discovered serious problems with its underlying information.
Sources told CNN that armed personnel were preparing to board while military aircraft supported preparations, creating a potentially dangerous confrontation between major powers.
AI-assisted analysis produced the mistaken assessment
The episode began when an analyst examined intelligence concerning the ship's manifest and used a chatbot to interpret information.
Sources said the system combined publicly available material with classified signals information before producing an incorrect assessment about the vessel's cargo.
The analyst subsequently used...
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