Not saying there is proof, but we just found out Ukraine blew up the Russian pipeline so it seems weird to just squash debate at the 'that's too crazy to ever happen'. Way crazier things have happened/are constantly happening.
Anyway if I was in business of destabilizing governments around the world I would not bother dealing with board meetings. But maybe that's just me.
The military would need to be literally breeding geniuses and cultivating a secret scientific ecosystem to be ahead on AI right now.