I suspect that the use of AI/LLMs will continue, particularly by individuals carrying out attacks alone. Despite the many technical problems, "AI"/LLMs can still potentially provide harmful information that can be used to commit violent attacks. /END
plan attacks or to find information relevant to them. It's noteworthy that the teenagers plans appear to have gone undetected. Given that they had been planning for months without triggering a security mechanism, this is a major issue.
Furthermore, they reported that the men had used ChatGPT prior to the attack to find out whether French law enforcement could monitor SMS messages, Telegram and WhatsApp messages, and phone calls.
These three instances from 2025 all involved the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT either to
Then, in October 2025, France arrested four men who were allegedly planning an attack on the Russian activist Vladimir Osechkin. @spiegel.de reported that these men were planning the attack at Russia's behest.
Just a few months earlier, in March 2025, a teenager in Israel attempted to attack a police station but failed. The indictment noted that he had been planning the attack for about two and a half months, again using ChatGPT to search for TTPs for carrying out an attack (what and how). (via YNET)
This has been corroborated by the police, who released information regarding his searches, which focused on TTPs for carrying out such attacks (e.g. how/what to target, law enforcement response, and similar historical attacks). (via YLE)
In May 2025, for example, a teenager in Finland carried out a stabbing attack, injuring three people. In his manifesto, he stated that he had been planning the attack for around six months "with the help of ChatGPT" (via @csns-uk.bsky.social Read).
Short thread ๐งต Beyond its adoption by the general public, "AI"/LLMs have also been increasingly used by perpetrators of violent attacks, or by individuals planning such attacks, to assist in their planning.
Supporters of the Islamic State #IS continue to exploit social media platforms such as Facebook to spread their propaganda. Historically, Facebook had been more proactive in deleting these posts and accounts, but that appears to may have changed.
Something a little different today: a few pictures of cats from the early days of the Syrian conflict in 2012 in #Homs and #Aleppo.
Old imagery from early 2024 of a #German foreign fighter in an underground positions on the front (likely in northern #Latakia). Since the late 2024 HTS-led takeover, the Germans in Syria that I had been tracking have gone silent / deleted their accounts and channels.
