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2026-02-26 Cyber

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

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1 Skynet approves

Posted by DarthVader 2026-02-26 01:41|| 2026-02-26 01:41|| Front Page Top

2 Remember to teach the machines Tic Tac Toe.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-02-26 06:19|| 2026-02-26 06:19|| Front Page Top

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Even with Human leadership failsafe Nuke controls.
What's to keep AI from presenting FAKE DATA to leaders to start a war?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-26 09:51|| 2026-02-26 09:51|| Front Page Top

4 ^ Chinese influence operation targets Japan elections, Trump, other countries, US foundation says

OpenAI, on Wednesday reported that it had disrupted attempts in mid-October by a Chinese law enforcement official to help plan a multi-stage information attack on Takaichi.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-26 10:52|| 2026-02-26 10:52|| Front Page Top

5 What was that movie franchise about things like this?

Posted by Chantry 2026-02-26 11:33|| 2026-02-26 11:33|| Front Page Top

6 #3IIRC, it’s already happened twice. The world was saved once by an American and once by a Russian. Each was confronted with data showing they were under attack due to malfunctions. Each decided to not follow standing orders to launch.

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-26 16:02|| 2026-02-26 16:02|| Front Page Top

8 Leading AIs ... opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

Of course they did. It is our old friend, The Prisoner's Dilemma. Nuking the other guy is a good move. There is also a First Mover Advantage to nuking the other guy first.

One solution is to build a sort of doomsday device capable of destroying all life on earth that would be triggered automatically at the first sign of a nuclear attack. In order to eliminate human error, the system must be totally automated. This would give everyone a large negative payoff, making nuclear attack a poor choice.

Posted by SteveS 2026-02-26 19:55|| 2026-02-26 19:55|| Front Page Top

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