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ISWAP Reportedly Used AI Guidance to Breach Nigerian Military Base Defenses by Motorcycle
In brief
An AI system built by Chatbot Developers and Large Language Model Developers and deployed by Boko Haram, Terrorist Organizations and 2 others allegedly harmed 18 Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) Fighters, Military Of Nigeria and 3 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 2 reports
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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Source record: incident #1624 on the AI Incident Database · all 2 reports