**How ISIL is using Big Tech's AI to build bombs**

> Evidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards. EXCLUSIVE News | Boko Haram ‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs Evidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards. Listen Listen (10 mins) Save Share ‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs on social media share-nodes Share facebook x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Nigerian soldiers man a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria, on April 8, 2015 \[Lekan Oyekanmi/AP\] By Caolán Magee Published On 18 Sep 2026 18 Sep 2026 Boko Haram fighters are using the artificial intelligence chatbots of Big Tech companies to help build more powerful bombs, plan attacks and solve problems during combat, according to research by the University of Cambridge. Researchers interviewed 27 former members of Boko Haram’s two factions – the ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad (JAS). A number of members described using Sam Altman-led OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, Elon Musk’s Grok, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI and China’s DeepSeek as a routine source of technical and military advice before, during and after attacks. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Real Madrid stars appear to hide Ceuta solidarity message list 2 of 4 Israeli double-tap strike kills 15-year-old and paramedic in Gaza list 3 of 4 India summons Pakistani diplomat after incident in Arabian Sea list 4 of 4 Moment Kash Patel’s senate hearing takes bizarre turn end of list Meanwhile, exclusive material obtained by Al Jazeera reveals how supporters of the wider ISIL (ISIS) movement are sharing instructions on bypassing AI safety controls and obtaining weapons-related information. Researchers at Tech Against Terrorism infiltrated a pro-ISIL technical forum where supporters instructed one another on how to use AI and circumvent its safety restrictions. The findings come amid growing concern over ISIL’s adoption of emerging technologies. In February, United Nations officials warned the Security Council of increased use of advanced AI by ISIL and its affiliates. At the same time, researchers and several of the technology industry’s most prominent figures have warned that increasingly powerful AI systems are advancing faster than safeguards, raising concerns that unchecked advances in AI are making it easier for armed groups to exploit the technology. Advertisement “There is nothing we haven’t received an answer on,” a former ISWAP commander told the researchers. From a projector to the battlefield Deep inside a rebel stronghold in northeastern Nigeria, former fighters described a strikingly organised and sophisticated system for putting the technology to use. According to the Cambridge research, operatives travelled to ISWAP-controlled territory to teach senior members how to use AI. Fighters were selected and assembled in rooms around laptops and projectors and shown how to query chatbots and circumvent the safeguards designed to prevent them from answering dangerous requests. “The white guys came and taught us,” one former commander recalled. “They assembled the top people in a room and used a projector to show how it works on a big screen.” The trainers supplied laptops equipped with privacy and encryption tools, while accounts and paid subscriptions to multiple AI platforms were set up for members, according to former fighters cited in the study. Respondents repeatedly identified the wider ISIL movement as the source of their AI training. What followed, the research suggests, went far beyond occasional use of ChatGPT by in...

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- **发布时间**：2026-09-20 20:23（北京时间）
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