Pete Hegseth’s Own AI Bot Backfires on His Boat Strikes
And you, ChatGPT?
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled his department’s new AI chatbot for military personnel, GenAI.mil. Almost immediately, the bot called a “hypothetical” situation in which the government would order a strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking and then double-tap said boat to kill the survivors as “unambiguously illegal.”
A military source who spoke with Right Arrow News On Wednesday, journalists highlighted a Reddit thread which featured the alleged interaction with the bot. The source said military personnel wasted no time in testing the robot’s capabilities.
Hegseth has spent the last few weeks ardently defending the legality of a situation like the one described to the chatbot. Supported by President Donald Trump, Hegseth ordered at least 22 (probably illegal) airstrikes against numerous boats in international waters under the guise of stopping “narcoterrorism”, which have so far killed at least 87 people. After the very first strike, on September 2, he ordered a double attack on an already bombed boat to kill two survivors.
The outright killing of shipwrecked survivors has sparked bipartisan outrage, although many Republicans say it is still necessary. more information before abandoning Hegseth. Trump distances himself from the situation, saying he “not involved.”
At least someone – or something? – in the Trump administration has moral clarity.
