In the department of how AI might be involved in bringing about the end of the world: The report, according to one of...

In the department of how AI might be involved in bringing about the end of the world: The report, according to one of the sources, was “entirely false.” But it also “almost started a war,” the source said. Any US operation against a Chinese vessel could have risked spiraling into an armed conflict between the two nations. […] Analysts have long feared that AI could lead to a catastrophic miscalculation if nation states are relying on poor or corrupted data — the kind of miscalculation that might lead the United States to fire on a Chinese ship based on inaccurate information. Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say, by Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen. This is terrifying in its implications.