How ISIL is using Big Tech's AI to build bombs
Researchers at Tech Against Terrorism infiltrated a pro-ISIL technical forum where supporters instructed one another on how to use AI and circumvent its safety restrictions.The findings come amid growing concern over ISIL’s adoption of emerging technologies. In February, United Nations officials warned the Security Council of increased use of advanced AI by ISIL and its affiliates. At the same time, researchers and several of the technology industry’s most prominent figures have warned that increasingly powerful AI systems are advancing faster than safeguards, raising concerns that unchecked advances in AI are making it easier for armed groups to exploit the technology.
- ▪Researchers at Tech Against Terrorism infiltrated a pro-ISIL technical forum where supporters instructed one another on how to use AI and circumvent its safety restrictions.The findings come amid growing concern over ISIL’s adoption of emer
- ▪In February, United Nations officials warned the Security Council of increased use of advanced AI by ISIL and its affiliates.
- ▪At the same time, researchers and several of the technology industry’s most prominent figures have warned that increasingly powerful AI systems are advancing faster than safeguards, raising concerns that unchecked advances in AI are making
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EXCLUSIVENews|Boko Haram‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombsEvidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards.ListenListen (10 mins)SaveShare ‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoNigerian soldiers man a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria, on April 8, 2015 [Lekan Oyekanmi/AP]By Caolán MageePublished On 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026Boko Haram fighters are using the artificial intelligence chatbots of Big Tech companies to help build more powerful bombs, plan attacks and solve problems during combat, according to research by the University of Cambridge.Researchers interviewed 27 former members of Boko…
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