JUST IN — The U.S. military nearly intercepted a Chinese ship in the Middle East after an AI-assisted intelligence report falsely claimed it was carrying components of a nuclear weapons program, CNN reports.

JUST IN — The U.S. military nearly intercepted a Chinese ship in the Middle East after an AI-assisted intelligence report falsely claimed it was carrying components of a nuclear weapons program, CNN reports.

Military planes were already airborne when officials discovered that the chatbot had misidentified the payload. One source said the report was "absolutely false" and "almost started a war," CNN reports