Is AI Moving From Propaganda to Operations in Terrorist Organizations?

A field-based study by Antonia Juelich, based on 2025 and 2026 interviews with former Boko Haram members, documents that the terrorist group has adopted frontier AI, moving from propaganda to operational use. The study, published by Small Wars Journal, is one of the first to show an active terrorist organization integrating AI into its activities.

Based on interviews conducted in 2025 and 2026 with former Boko Haram members, Antonia Juelich presents one of the first in-depth and field-based studies documenting how an active terrorist organization has adopted frontier artificial intelligence AI . In “God Has Helped Us, and So Will AI: How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI,” Juelich argues that AI is evolving … Read more https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/08/03/ai-in-terrorist-organizations/ The post Is AI Moving From Propaganda to Operations in Terrorist Organizations? https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/08/03/ai-in-terrorist-organizations/ appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University https://smallwarsjournal.com .