Almost started a war: Report reveals dark reality as AI permeates civilisation
‘Almost started a war’: Report reveals dark reality emerging as AI permeates civilisationOver the weekend, the US military rushed to stamp out a flame and “almost started a war”. The system then combined open-source material with secret signals intelligence and produced the false conclusion that the ship was carrying components connected to a nuclear weapons program.Want more finance news? It has provided concrete evidence for those calling immediate regulation, as opposed to yet another vague warning about an all-powerful machine waking up and “optimising us out of existence”.In this specific case, AI did not need consciousness, or even the control of a bomb.
- ▪‘Almost started a war’: Report reveals dark reality emerging as AI permeates civilisationOver the weekend, the US military rushed to stamp out a flame and “almost started a war”.
- ▪The system then combined open-source material with secret signals intelligence and produced the false conclusion that the ship was carrying components connected to a nuclear weapons program.Want more finance news?
- ▪It has provided concrete evidence for those calling immediate regulation, as opposed to yet another vague warning about an all-powerful machine waking up and “optimising us out of existence”.In this specific case, AI did not need consciousn
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‘Almost started a war’: Report reveals dark reality emerging as AI permeates civilisationOver the weekend, the US military rushed to stamp out a flame and “almost started a war”. Unfortunately, many saw this coming years ago.Alex Blair@alexblair_17 min readSeptember 21, 2026 - 1:27PMnewscorpau.hasvideo = true; newscorpau.avpVideoOptions = newscorpau.avpVideoOptions || {} newscorpau.avpVideoOptions['5348771529001-6405331442112'] = {"id":"video-container-5348771529001-6405331442112","options":{"assetId":"5348771529001-6405331442112","config":{"orientation":"horizontal"},"video":{"title":"WSJ Opinion: Calls for an AI Slowdown","caption":"Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Columnist Holman Jenkins."}}};Yep, we’re here already.Over the weekend, the US military reportedly rushed…
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