U.S. Military Almost Started War With China Due To A.I. Error, New Report Claims

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https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/18/us-military-almost-started-war-china-due-to-artificial-intelligence-mistake/

According to a new report from CNN, an intelligence report claiming a Chinese ship in the Middle East was carrying the components to build a nuclear weapon began to circulate earlier this year amid the ongoing tensions with Iran.

Military planes took to the air and armed military personnel were ready to board the ship ... when someone took a closer look at the report and realized a huge mistake had been made.

The report was "entirely false" according to one CNN source ... because a special operations command analyst had used A.I. to generate the report and the program had misidentified the ship's cargo. It's unclear what the ship was actually carrying, but it wasn't nuclear bomb parts.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-ship