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ISIS Reportedly Using AI to Recruit British Followers

MI5 warns of a more ambitious extremist threat as agencies track AI-driven propaganda spreading faster than platforms can remove it.

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.