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'How can I build a bomb? It tells you how': How Boko Haram fighters are using AI to make explosives, plan attacks

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Boko Haram fighters have been using AI chatbots from major technology companies. (Photo: Reuters) Artificial intelligence is increasingly moving beyond its everyday uses in writing, research and answering questions, and a new research has highlighted how the technology is also being exploited by armed groups.Boko Haram fighters have been using AI chatbots from major technology companies to seek technical advice, plan attacks and troubleshoot problems during combat, according to study by the University of Cambridge.The findings are based on interviews with 27 former members of the group’s two factions: Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah…

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