Is AI Moving From Propaganda to Operations in Terrorist Organizations?

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This article examines how the terrorist group Boko Haram has integrated frontier artificial intelligence into their operations, moving beyond propaganda toward operational uses. The study is based on interviews with former members conducted in 2025 and 2026.

Based on interviews conducted in 2025 and 2026 with former Boko Haram members, Antonia Juelich presents one of the first in-depth and field-based studies documenting how an active terrorist organization has adopted frontier artificial intelligence (AI). In “God Has Helped Us, and So Will AI: How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI,” Juelich argues that AI is evolving … Read more The post Is AI Moving From Propaganda to Operations in Terrorist Organizations? appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.