Guardian op-ed authors claim a chatbot-written report nearly led to a military operation against a Chinese ship
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Timnit Gebru and Emily Bender write that an analyst at US Special Operations Command Pacific used a chatbot for an intelligence report that wrongly claimed a Chinese ship was carrying nuclear weapon components to Iran; by their account, aircraft were already in the air and a landing force was preparing when the report's origin came to light and the operation was canceled. This is the op-ed authors' opinion; Senators Warner, Reed and Coons, according to the text, requested inspector general reviews on September 19.
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