Flawed AI-linked intel almost led U.S. to board China ship, report says

Flawed AI-linked intel almost led U.S. to board China ship, report says An F/A-18 Super Hornet is parked on the flight deck of USS George Washington aircraft carrier on Sept. 4. | U.S. NAVY / VIA AFP-JIJI Washington - The U.S. military came close to boarding a Chinese vessel in the Middle East earlier this year based on a flawed intelligence report prepared with the help of artificial intelligence, CNN said Friday. U.S. intelligence indicated the ship was carrying nuclear weapons-related components, leading American forces to prepare to intercept it, the broadcaster reported, citing four anonymous sources familiar with the incident. But the operation was called off after officials determined that an AI chatbot used by an analyst had misidentified the material the ship was carrying. CNN quoted one source as saying the intelligence report was "entirely false" but "almost started a war." It did not specify what the vessel was actually carrying or where it was bound.