‘Overblown’: Report US and China almost went to war over AI mishap dismissed

Retired US Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding reacts to an AI misfire that nearly sparked a US-China war. “We need to do a better job of ensuring the things that come out of AI, tools that are used by the military, produce the proper results,” Mr Spalding told News24 Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “The idea that we almost went to war over this boarding of a ship is really kind of overblown.”