‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs
Evidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards.

Evidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards.





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Amnesty International says more than 100 people killed in military attack on a market in Jilli village.
Nigerian lawmaker reports ‘at least 50 people dead’ after attack as list of missing is still being compiled.
Residents say armed men kidnapped dozens of women and children after killing of about 200 people in Kwara State.
‘We must live, we must hope’, say returnees who were displaced for a decade from homes in Malam Fatori, Borno State.
Military rulers expand emergency powers, warning that people, property, and services may be requisitioned.
Trump says strikes are related to ‘Christian genocide’ but attacks on Christian farmers happened in different area.
The blast tore through a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State as worshippers gathered for evening prayers, witnesses say.

A group of 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted last month were freed, ending a mass abduction that drew global concern.
Amid US claims of ‘Christian genocide’ locals and experts say crisis is multilayered, dismiss plan for foreign invasion.
Paul Biya, world’s oldest leader at 92, has won eighth term as president. Opposition supporters say election was stolen.