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

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CNN : Sources: the US almost started a war after an AI-assisted report hallucinated that a Chinese ship in the Middle East was carrying nuclear weapons components The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran

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  1. 2026-09-18 18:00 · Techmeme
    Sources: the US "almost started a war" after an AI-assisted report hallucinated that a Chinese ship in the Middle East was carrying nuclear weapons components (CNN)

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