AI Hallucination Nearly Led US Forces to Intercept Chinese Ship

CNN reports a US SOCOM analyst used AI to draft an intelligence report that hallucinated a Chinese ship carrying nuclear weapon components, prompting preparations for an interception before officials caught the error and averted a potential conflict.

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