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'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


AI-assisted intelligence analysis produced a false report about a Chinese vessel, almost causing a dangerous military confrontation.

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