Overview
- The Daily Telegraph reported that ISIS operatives are using AI tools to translate Arabic propaganda into dozens of languages and post it rapidly across social networks before takedown.
- MI5 and MI6 are monitoring the use of artificial intelligence as a propaganda and recruitment weapon, according to recent briefings.
- Sir Ken McCallum’s annual threat update said Islamic State and al‑Qaeda are growing more ambitious by exploiting instability in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.
- An 18-year-old from south London was arrested at Gatwick and charged after allegedly trying to reach Syria via Turkey to join IS, with a hearing due at the Old Bailey later this month.
- Reports say ISIS has launched a renewed push to attract foreign fighters to Syria, raising concern about fresh recruitment of British youths.