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    Computer almost starts WW3

    Well, maybe not quite. But totally true according to Zerohedge. Since it is Zerohedge, take it with a grain of salt, but apparently an algorithm misinterpreted a report about a new missile showing up in the NK military parade.

    Just imagine what might have happened if someone saw the original headline and tweeted Trump "OMG NK just launched a missile what are U gonna DO!!!!!"

    Chinese Media Almost Sets Off Military Action With Erroneous North Korea Headline

    As expected - and feared - during the annual "Day of the Sun" celebration parade (celebrating the birth of the nation's founder), Bloomberg blasted a headline that Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that North Korea has fired a projectile.
    • NORTH KOREA FIRES PROJECTILE, MEDIA SAYS: XINHUA
    On its website, Bloomberg immediately picked up the story, and ran with "North Korea Fires Projectile Media, Says Xinhua" (at a url which still reads: "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-15/north-korea-fires-projectile-media-says-xinhua")

    However, it appears that the headline scanning algos made a collosal error, and that Xinhua interpreted events quite incorrectly as it was, as CBC and Reuters reports, the appearance of a new submarine-launched missile at the parade for the first time:

    • NORTH KOREA SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE SEEN AT MILITARY PARADE FOR FIRST TIME: RTRS
    North Korea displayed its submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) for the first time on Saturday ahead of a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang.


    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-0...korea-headline
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