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A new generation of ‘AI-native’ extremists is rising. Can they be stopped?
Propaganda at scale, chatbot radicalisation, automated recruitment – the experimental phase of AI terrorism has already begun.
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Examine attacks from the past decade, whether by Islamist jihadists or far-right extremists, and you’ll find the perpetrators are rarely analogue relics frozen in time. They adapt, evolve and eagerly embrace new technology, says the writer.
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Beyond their disregard for civilised norms, absence of empathy, and monomaniacal instincts, violent extremists have long shared another trait: a comfortable ease with the cutting-edge technology of their time.
Consider one of the high-profile attacks in this region over the past two decades: the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
