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When Boko Haram Learned to Prompt

Unspent Rounds
Antonia Juelich and Madeline Field
August 28, 2026

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Episode Notes:

Boko Haram and other terrorist groups picked up frontier AI faster than most governments did, and have used it for weapons design, tactics, and tech support. Antonia Juelich of the Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy joined Madi to discuss her fieldwork in northeast Nigeria and what governments and industry can do to prevent AI from being used by bad actors.
Note: You can read Antonia's report here

Image: AK Rockefeller via Wikimedia Commons