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Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism
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In May 2025, a 25-year-old man detonated a car bomb outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic, killing himself and injuring four others.
Key facts
- In May 2025, a 25-year-old man detonated a car bomb outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic, killing himself and injuring four others
- This NYPD Intelligence Analysis Report contained a summary and assessment of AI 2027,” the NYPD said
- The NYPD stated that its threat analysis report on artificial intelligence was related to the “AI 2027” project, an influential forecast from several AI researchers that speculated
- FBI officers fear the scenario is set to repeat itself: “Threat actors will likely increase their use of GenAI tools for attack planning,” said the memo, which was distributed by the bureau’s Los
Summary
The suspect used an unnamed generative AI tool that failed to detect his request for bomb-making instructions, law enforcement officers wrote in a previously unreported document reviewed by the Guardian. FBI officers fear the scenario is set to repeat itself: “Threat actors will likely increase their use of GenAI tools for attack planning,” said the memo, which was distributed by the bureau’s Los Angeles division in May 2026. AI executives and staff at leading AI companies have focused their public remarks on potential doomsday scenarios, a long-term, hypothetical harm of the technology they are developing. A previously unreported cache of law enforcement and intelligence agency documents show that law enforcement agencies have, since 2021, considered AI both a tool and a target of would-be terrorists.