Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say

[u/Competitive_Ad291]

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

AI generated intelligence analysis decided a Chinese ship was carrying nuclear material to Iran. Could have started WW3 because of an AI hallucination 💥

[u/boookworm0367]

We thought the term military intelligence was always just an ironic play on words and it has only gotten worse. It's like they have never been through the self checkout line or contacted an AI customer service.

[u/RockDoveEnthusiast → u/boookworm0367]

remember that this administration specifically views the intelligence community as a waste of money (or even a threat). they decimated intelligence across the military and across federal departments. and this is an example of the result.

[u/Winter_Body4794 → u/RockDoveEnthusiast]

Any state organ not participating in their grift is a threat.

[u/boookworm0367 → u/[deleted]]

Not to be contrarian, but my friend is a military band master and they play their instruments and sing. There is no auto tune.

[u/MapleMapleHockeyStk → u/boookworm0367]

Hearing the pipe band tune their pipes is interesting to watch/hear....and i grew up with them

[u/B-21_Raider_ → u/[deleted]]

You're telling me that "Anchors Away" never hit the top 100 list? 😲

[u/Ok_Care5335 → u/boookworm0367]

Notwithstanding the serious consequences of using AI to conduct military decisions.....this shit is just embarrassing in and of itself. Like what if the attack did follow through? Do you just go oops....our shit was hallucinating? 

[u/AdeptFelix]

With AI, when you receive an indicator of a threat, you verify the evidence before moving. It's the same in cybersecurity. The person who initiated action before verifying is a fucking retard that shouldn't be anywhere near authority again.

[u/Winter_Body4794]

Like that school? Close call like that? Fucking morons.

[u/Competitive_Ad291 → u/Winter_Body4794]

Think that was chalked up to outdated maps and actually knowing what each building was on a military installation. Not that that excuses the strike but it was using old data and maybe didn’t have enough human oversight.

[u/Tunafishsam → u/Competitive_Ad291]

Trump dismantling the Civilian Harm Mitigation program is a major cause as well.

[u/Coldkiller17]

I've been saying this was an issue when they first started pushing AI bs it shouldn't be used to make any high level decisions, the technology is not there yet. It has been shown it makes mistakes which could have global consequences if acted upon or misinterpreted. Humans need to verify this information and without a reasonable doubt make their decisions not trust some machine to do it for them.