'It almost started a war': US Army nearly boarded a Chinese ship after receiving an "entirely false" AI-hallucinated intelligence report saying it had nuclear arms on board

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A chatbot wrongly identified a Chinese ship's cargo as nuclear materials, nearly triggering a US military boarding operation.

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• T2'It almost started a war': US Army nearly boarded a Chinese ship after receiving an "entirely false" AI-hallucinated intelligence report saying it had nuclear arms on boardTechRadar / Tom's Guide / PCWorld / Pocket-lint / Stuff24 Sept, 19:05