Warning about AI...from unlikeliest party - Nigerian Al-Qaeda affiliate, Ansaru group a.k.a Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān (The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in The Sudan)

Security Services, the warning states, could use fake audio to give fake commands while pretending to be jihadist leaders.

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The terrorists’ warning about voices created by computers comes at a time counterterrorism experts are discussing if Artificial Intelligence should be used to track and identify members of extremist groups, despite ethical and legal concerns.

Jihadists with ties to Al-Qaeda have warned followers about the possibility that “deepfake” Artificia…