A US Special Operations Command Pacific analyst's reliance on AI generated false intelligence that nearly sparked a military confrontation with China, sources tell multiple news outlets. An intelligence report circulated across the US military this spring falsely claimed a Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. Military personnel prepared to intercept the vessel—armed soldiers were readying to board, and military aircraft were already in the air—when officials discovered the intelligence was entirely fabricated by artificial intelligence just before the operation commenced.
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