AI incident #1624 ·
ISWAP Reportedly Used AI Guidance to Breach Nigerian Military Base Defenses by Motorcycle
What happened
After defensive trenches stopped an ISWAP motorcycle assault on a Nigerian military base, commanders reportedly consulted an AI chatbot for guidance on adapting motorcycle-jumping techniques to cross them. Fighters practiced the maneuver, with 18 reportedly dying during training; eight mastered it, and a subsequent assault reportedly cleared the trenches.
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News reports (2)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Boko Haram, Terrorist Organizations, Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap), Non State Armed Groups
- Alleged developer
- Chatbot Developers, Large Language Model Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- 18 Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) Fighters, Military Of Nigeria, Military Personnel Of Nigeria, Soldiers, National Security And Intelligence Stakeholders
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