Sources: the US "almost started a war" after an AI-assisted report hallucinated that a Chinese ship was carrying nuclear weapons components in the Middle East (CNN)

According to CNN, in the spring an intelligence report prepared with AI assistance falsely claimed that a Chinese vessel in the Middle East was carrying nuclear weapons components. The document circulated through the US armed forces amid the war with Iran, which sources say nearly triggered a military conflict.

• An AI system hallucinated nuclear weapons components on a Chinese ship
• The report circulated through the US military in the spring, during the war with Iran
• CNN sources: the situation "almost led to war"