AI Hallucination Nearly Triggers US Military Operation
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An LLM hallucination getting anywhere near triggering a military operation is the clearest proof yet that AI outputs are already wired into consequential decision loops. If you run systems in defense, critical infrastructure, or finance, you need hard constraints on where model output can flow—not just better prompts or training.
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