CNN: Erroneous AI Report Nearly Triggered US-China War

A CNN report from September 18 says US officials nearly intercepted a Chinese vessel after an AI-assisted intelligence report falsely claimed it carried nuclear-weapons components. The error was caught only moments before the operation. Timnit Gebru and Emily M. Bender argue in The Guardian that policymakers should regulate unreliable AI instead of hypothetical superintelligence.

• CNN: a chatbot generated the report about nuclear cargo on a Chinese ship
• Military prepared an interception with aircraft and boarding troops
• The error was discovered moments before the operation began
• Gebru and Bender urge regulating unreliable AI, not superintelligence