Experts warn of new terrorism threats from AI, drones
Security experts warn that the global jihadi movement is increasingly leveraging advanced technologies like AI, drones, and encrypted messaging to conduct operations. These tools act as force multipliers, creating significant security gaps that current Western defense strategies struggle to address.
Why it matters
The misuse of accessible, high-tech tools by non-state actors poses a modern, evolving threat to national security that traditional counter-terrorism measures may not be equipped to handle.
The global jihadi movement is fractured 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks and lacks the capacity to launch similarly sophisticated operations , analysts said, but societies face equally dangerous terrorist threats today from advanced technologies.
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