Showing the latest advice from IS-K, Hall told POLITICO: “The development of AI and agent AI is rapidly accelerating, and many of these capabilities are now available to terrorist groups off-the-shelf.
“LLM lowers the barrier to creating sophisticated and customized propaganda, but this is problematic as terrorist groups increasingly seek to exploit local grievances in local languages.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if chatbots start to become more radicalized. If you can create a terrorist website, why refrain from creating a terrorist chatbot? If government officials aren’t monitoring the ticker tape of AI development, they should be.”
In a previous issue of Voice of Khorasan, we declared artificial intelligence literacy to be “Fard al-Ain,” a personal religious obligation that all Muslims must fulfill, along with prayer, fasting, and pilgrimage.
As one person put it, “AI is no longer an option. It’s a shield and a compass in a digital world filled with hidden threats.”
Avi Yeager, senior director of critical harm intelligence at AI security firm Aris, said the document not only provides “tactical guidance” but also marks “an ideological shift with significant long-term implications.”
“For years, groups like ISIS and broader jihadist movements have been wary of emerging technologies like AI. There was even discussion in early literature that the use of such tools might be un-Islamic, or that relying on them might go against the purity of divine guidance,” he said.
Yeager added: “That’s why this moment is so remarkable: ISIS-K no longer just tolerates artificial intelligence, but clearly supports its use under certain conditions.”
