AI Intelligence Blunder Nearly Triggers US-China Conflict as Australia Positions Itself as Global Mediator

A US military chatbot misidentified cargo on a Chinese vessel in the Middle East, generating a false intelligence report that claimed the ship was carrying nuclear weapons components. US troops came close to boarding the vessel and military aircraft were positioned nearby before officials scrutinized the report and discovered the AI had fabricated the intelligence.

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The near-miss exposes a vulnerability that keeps Five Eyes intelligence analysts awake at night:...