On August 8, 2024, TSC Senior Research Fellow Colin P. Clarke joined an online event hosted by the American Foreign Policy Council on ‘Radicalization, Counter Radicalization, and AI.’ Rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the economy, politics, and culture. From a security perspective, new technologies are also changing the way that extremists radicalize, organize, and communicate. This webinar set out to explore how AI can drive radicalization today, as well as how it can amplify extremist messaging. Discussing the nexus of technology and extremism, how can governments use AI and new technologies in their efforts to combat extremist ideology and action? “This isn’t hypothetical anymore, we’ve got use cases,” noted Dr. Clarke in sharing how violent and extremist actors have already adopted these new technologies.
