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AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.
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On August 14, Alibaba released the Qwen 3.8‑27B AI model, designed to run on a laptop. Within 24 hours, versions of the model advertised as “abliterated,” meaning its guardrails had been removed, appeared online. Three days later, a neo‑Nazi known as Johnny Doomsayer announced he was using the abliterated version to train a “MechaHitler” chatbot. A week later, Doomsayer began advertising access to the chatbot for $14.88, a price that references two numbers favored by neo‑Nazis.
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