Incident 690: ISIS Utilizes AI for Propaganda Videos in News Harvest Program

Description: ISIS supporters have created an AI-generated media program called News Harvest to disseminate propaganda videos. The program produces near-weekly broadcasts featuring AI-generated news anchors discussing ISIS operations globally, using cheap and easy-to-use AI tools. This development showcases the use of AI as a powerful propaganda tool for extremist groups.

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Alleged: OpenAI and ElevenLabs developed an AI system deployed by ISIS and ISIS supporters, which harmed General public and People susceptible to radicalism.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
690
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2024-03-26
Editors
Daniel Atherton
SITE Special Report: Extremist Movements are Thriving as AI Tech Proliferates
ent.siteintelgroup.com · 2024

"The Islamic State delivered a strong blow to Russia with a bloody attack, the fiercest that hit it in years," the man on the screen states in Arabic. He has a war journalist's clarity of speech, with an outfit to match: cargo-styled shirt,…

These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real.
washingtonpost.com · 2024

Four days after the Islamic State attacked a Russian concert venue in March, a video started circulating on a private platform affiliated with the terrorist group. The 92-second broadcast showed a news anchor in a helmet and fatigues saying…

These ISIS News Anchors Are AI Fakes. Their Propaganda is Real.
hstoday.us · 2024

Four days after the Islamic State attacked a Russian concert venue in March, a video started circulating on a private platform affiliated with the terrorist group. The 92-second broadcast showed a news anchor in a helmet and fatigues saying…

ISIS Using Artificial Intelligence to Imitate News Shows, including in Iraq, Syria: Report
kurdistan24.net · 2024

WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan 24) -- ISIS has recently developed a new form of propaganda, as The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. 

Using artificial intelligence (AI), ISIS is creating what appear to be news reports about its …

Variants

A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.