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How terrorist groups are leveraging AI to recruit and finance their operations | Counter-terrorism agencies are scrambling to maintain an advantage and thwart attacks as access to digital tools eases


Counter-terrorism agencies are scrambling to maintain an advantage and thwart attacks as access to digital tools eases

Sources familiar with the US government’s counterterrorism efforts told the Guardian that multiple security agencies are very concerned about how AI is making hostile groups more efficient in their planning and operations. Not unlike the imminent threat it poses to upending modern workforces in dozens of job sectors and is poised to enrich some of the wealthiest people on earth – AI will complicate new public safety issues. “You take something like a Islamic State news bulletin, you can now turn that into an audio piece,” said Moustafa Ayad, the executive director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

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