3 cities, then a whole state as a target….
UN: Terrorists Could Use AI to Weaponize Cars, Drones
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/artificial-intelligence-terrorism-autonomous-vehicles/2025/06/16/id/1215203/
Monday, 16 June 2025 05:19 PM EDT
The United Nations is warning that terrorists could hijack cars or drones driven by artificial intelligence to conduct attacks in crowded spaces, resulting in mass casualties.
A report released last month by the U.N. Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and the U.N. Counter-Terrorism Centre revealed that terrorists this century have utilized emerging technologies such as drones, virtual currencies, and social media. With AI increasingly becoming more accessible, the report said, "it is imperative to stay ahead of the curve and be prepared for any eventuality involving its misuse."
The report detailed a 2016 video prepared by the Islamic State group in Syria showing it experimenting with a rudimentary version of a self-driving car that was remote-controlled. The car had mannequins placed inside to make observers think a person was driving. It is believed the group also had plans to attempt to replicate the heat signature of a human being to further fool security systems into believing that someone was inside.
The report then stated there was evidence that ISIS was working to develop self-driving cars to use in place of suicide bombers, and in 2018, British prosecutors revealed that two ISIS supporters were planning to involve the use of a driverless car in perpetration of terrorist attacks.
"Reflecting on the extensive history of terrorism and vehicles, increased autonomy in cars could very well be an amenable development for terrorist groups, allowing them to effectively carry out one of their most traditional types of attacks remotely, without the need for a follower to sacrifice his or her life or risk being apprehended," the report stated.
The report clarified that autonomous vehicles could be airborne, such as drones, or subsurface vehicles, such as submarines.
"From a technical perspective, it is arguable that the development of autonomous drones, or even submersibles, may be even more attainable in the near future than driverless cars, considering the reduced number of variables that drone programmers need to accommodate and the more simplified legal frameworks applicable to drones," the reported stated.
The report cited a 2018 video titled "Slaughterbots" released by the Future of Life Institute, a U.S.-based nonprofit research institute, in which a swarm of micro drones loaded with several grams of explosives used facial recognition to identify and attack their targets kamikaze-style.
"Facial recognition technology enabled the controller to program the drone to autonomously acquire, identify, and engage a selected target by cross-referencing images collected by the drone with images uploaded into an embedded facial recognition database," the report stated. "Fortunately, this technology does not exist in an ‘off-the-shelf’ format, although it is not an entirely novel notion nor is mere science fiction."
The report stated that even though the use of AI for terrorism is low, "it is important to not underestimate their intention to avail of the latest technological trends, as well as their increasing capabilities to do so."
The report recommended that states and organizations develop clear policies and practical guidelines on how to respond to Al-enabled attacks, including regulation and certification processes to ensure Al systems are secured against adversaries.
Sounds kinda like he's threatening to nuke them.
If true, they are planning something.
FBI Turns Over Intel on Alleged Chinese 2020 Election Interference Plot
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/kash-patel-fbi-china/2025/06/17/id/1215278/
Tuesday, 17 June 2025 08:11 AM EDT
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has turned over documents detailing "alarming allegations" of interference by the Chinese Communist Party in the 2020 election to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
"The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP," Patel posted on X Monday. "I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to Chairman Grassley for further review."
He linked his post to an article from Just the News, which reported Monday that the intelligence report raises concerns that the Chinese allegedly mass-produced fake U.S. driver's licenses to further a scheme to use fraudulent mail-in ballots for then-Democrat nominee Joe Biden.
The intelligence reports, dating back to August 2020, reportedly were not investigated but instead recalled from intelligence agencies.
Then-FBI Director Christopher Wray testified that there were no known foreign interference plots before the 2020 election, in which Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump.
Grassley has raised concerns that the intelligence reports were dismissed rather than being fully vetted.
"Thanks to the oversight work and partnership of Chairman Grassley, the FBI continues to provide unprecedented transparency at the people's Bureau," Patel told the outlet in a statement. "To that end, we have located documents Chairman Grassley requested, which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election."
He added that the allegations about the plan to facilitate fake mail-in ballots were "substantiated" but were "abruptly recalled and never disclosed to the public."
Unnamed sources who said they saw the documents told Just the News that the FBI has a new confidential source who had provided information back in 2020 that the Chinese government had been making and exporting fake U.S. driver's licenses.
The scheme, the source said, was to allow Chinese residents in the United States to create identities and vote with fake mail-in ballots to benefit Biden.
Although the report was recalled, U.S. Customs and Border Protection had intercepted approximately 20,000 fake licenses when the intelligence report was made, the sources commented.
Meanwhile, reports from 2020 indicated that CBP officials seized 19,888 counterfeit driver's licenses at the Chicago airport through the end of June of that year.
Fox News 5 in New York had reported that most of the shipments had come from Hong Kong and mainland China, with other shipments coming from South Korea and the United Kingdom.
The CBP at the time said that most of the fake IDs were for college-age students, and that many had the same photos but different names.
Meanwhile, just last month, customs agents intercepted shipments at Chicago's O'Hare Airport that included thousands of fake driver's licenses and counterfeit designer watches, reports CBS News.
In the 485 shipments from Hong Kong and China, 145 contained 516 counterfeit Rolex and other watches, and 340 other shipments contained 4,345 fake U.S. driver's licenses.