Boko Haram now using AI to make bombs, plan attacks

Boko Haram fighters have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools and action movies to sharpen their operational capabilities, using AI-powered chatbots to seek guidance on battlefield tactics, weapons maintenance and other military-related challenges, according to a report published by The New York Times on Friday.

That was when they learned how to modify motorcycles to jump over such obstacles.

One of the former Boko Haram commanders told Juelich: “We saw in a movie how motorcycles can jump over bridges.

We used AI to learn how to do this. We gave it information, like what motorcycles we use and the distance we need to jump and so on.

Another terrorist, a former commander in Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, told Juelich, “You type in the question or use your voice, and it gives you a detailed answer, like ‘How can I build a bomb?,’ and then it tells you how.

Researchers also reported that the fighters often compared responses from multiple AI platforms to identify those that disclosed more useful information.