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Artificial Intelligence as a Terrorism Enabler? Understanding the Potential Impact of Chatbots and Image Generators on Online Terrorist Activities

December 4, 2024

This paper is based on an experiment-based study carried out in the first half of 2023, which aimed to understand how terrorist organizations can potentially exploit artificial intelligence. It discusses the risks of using AI to produce and disseminate propaganda, as well as verifies whether it can be used to facilitate access to terrorist content. ...

Topological Data Mapping of Online Hate Speech, Misinformation, and General Mental Health: A Large Language Model Based Study

December 4, 2024

The advent of social media has led to an increased concern over its potential to propagate hate speech and misinformation, which, in addition to contributing to prejudice and discrimination, has been suspected of playing a role in increasing social violence and crimes in the United States. While literature has shown the existence of an association ...

Algorithmic extremism? The securitization of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on radicalism, polarization and political violence

December 4, 2024

This paper analyses how AI and algorithms are being used to radicalize, polarize, and spread racism and political instability. AI and algorithms are not just tools deployed by national security agencies but contributors to polarization, radicalism and political violence. Securitization processes are a missing link to understanding how AI has been designed and used and ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Radicalization

October 20, 2024

This chapter explores the manner in which extremist groups could use artificial intelligence (AI) in the future to promote their narratives and recruit people to their causes. It looks at four broad use cases, namely generative AI, chat bots, gaming, and predictive analytics, and analyzes how extremists could adapt their propaganda and outreach efforts to ...

Violent Extremism and Artificial Intelligence: A Double-Edged Sword in the Context of ASEAN

September 14, 2024

Digital integration and the emergence of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are providing new tools for insurgents to use in spreading their propaganda through violent extremism. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has come to represent a conduit for insurgents in planning and carrying out their extreme agendas. This article provides a ...