The most recent edition of the magazine by Afghanistan’s branch of ISIS explains how supporters can use AI to be ‘responsible’.
Politico found that the editions of Voice of Khorasan, the English language magazine made by ISIS based in Afghanistan, are showing supporters tips on how to utilise the technology for ‘mujahid’.
‘Mujahid’ is a term for those engaged in jihad, or defending Islam.
The magazine reads: ‘AI is like fire. You should use it to light a house, or to burn it down’.
‘AI is all over the place. Learn it before it learns an excessive amount of about you. Raise children and students to be cyber-conscious and spiritually grounded,’ it added.
The article also said it’s useful for ‘anonymous private research’ and will help recruits avoid ‘unnecessary exposure’.
It comes after a warning from the British government’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws, Jonathan Hall, who told Politico: ‘The developments in AI and agentic AI are accelerating fast, and increasingly of those capabilities can be found off the shelf to terrorist groups.
‘I’d not be surprised if chatbot radicalisation starts to take off: Should you can create a terrorist website, why would you refrain from making a terrorist chatbot?
‘If government officials aren’t watching a ticker-tape of AI developments, they really must be.’
Last 12 months, a former chief executive of Google warned concerning the ‘extreme risk’ posed by terrorists or rogue states using artificial intelligence.
Eric Schmidt called for governments to have oversight of personal tech firms, citing fears of terrorists using the tech for ‘evil goals’.
‘The actual fears that I actually have aren’t those that almost all people discuss AI – I discuss extreme risk,’ Mr Schmidt told the BBC, naming North Korea, Iran or Russia.
Mr Schmidt, who held senior positions at Google from 2001 to 2017, said the technology could possibly be used to create biological weapons.
‘I’m at all times anxious concerning the ‘Osama Bin Laden’ scenario, where you could have some truly evil one that takes over some aspect of our modern life and uses it to harm innocent people,’ he said.
With private firms leading the best way in AI development, Mr Schmidt called for careful monitoring and regulation by governments.
‘It’s really vital that governments understand what we’re doing and keep their eye on us,’ he said.
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