Pool Re and the Royal United Services Institute have published a report warning of the threat posed by terrorists and violent extremists and their proactive approach to using artificial intelligence to further their own ends. This includes the planning, facilitation, and execution of violent attacks.

Announcing the report’s publication, Pool Re said: “The timely report explores ‘propaganda production’ and distribution, the potency of AI powdered software applications which fuel radicalisation, assesses the use of AI both in operations and activities, and goes on to analyse the outlook for AI over the next 10 years as it moves out of an ‘experimental’ phase.”

Pool Re is the insurance industry’s mutual for reinsuring terrorism risk in Great Britain.