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| AI Use in Terrorist Plots and Attacks Surges in 2025 |
| 2026-01-02 |
| by Clara Broekaert and Lucas Webber [MilitantWire] It has been over three years since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM), which is now the fastest consumer application to reach 100 million users and has become synonymous with the term “artificial intelligence” (AI). Since then, a vast array of generative AI tools have entered the market, including chatbots, image, video, and audio generation tools. Much of the research on AI and terrorism has focused on these generative applications, examining how extremist groups might use them to create propaganda, amplify narratives through bot networks, and experiment with personalized “radicalization bots”. While this body of work has illuminated its impact on the digital realm, more attention needs to be paid to how AI tools, including those under the generative umbrella, are concretely used for operational planning and use by terrorists and violent extremists. This article addresses that gap by exploring how terrorists and violent extremists have leveraged AI in the operational planning of attacks and examines what this tells us about the incentives and benefits of AI use as perceived by perpetrators. More at the link |
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