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

• The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.
• The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, according to four sources familiar with the episode.
• According to two of the sources, armed members of the US military were preparing to board the ship.