[PDF] Terrorist Misuse of AI: - The Soufan Center

The report states that AQ affiliate JNIM appears to have used open-source AI models to enhance its drone capabilities. It also states that, for Boko Haram, AI has helped guide fighters by providing technical know-how, including the design of explosive-release mechanisms. The two cases describe different kinds of assistance: enhancing an existing drone capability in one instance, and supplying technical guidance to fighters in the other.

The report says that AI safety frameworks, domestic laws, and remarks by PRC and U.S. officials indicate both states see significant risk in terrorists adopting and exploiting AI capabilities. The report's wording distinguishes between terrorists adopting AI capabilities and exploiting them, and it presents the risk as one recognised by both governments through their safety frameworks, their domestic laws, and the public remarks of their officials.