When AI Chatbots Become Accomplices
Concern is growing about would-be attackers turning to AI.
Drawing on my research about the prospect of ‘chatbot radicalisation’ and the ‘terrorist chatbot’ for @gnetresearch.bsky.social, I did an interview with Jonathan Gibson at The Dispatch (@thedispatchmedia.bsky.social) for his fascinating story on the subject.
thedispatch.com/article/ai-r...
02.01.2026 10:41 —
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The Latest Far-Right Rift: Rejecting 'Third Worldism' - VOX - Pol
Constantin von Hoffmeister’s removal from Arktos reveals a far-right shift away from Third Worldism and multipolarity toward Western chauvinism.
A recent piece I wrote for @vox-pol.bsky.social on an important ideological shift at Arktos—the leading publisher of New Right, Eurasian, and identitarian thought—following the removal of its editor-in-chief.
voxpol.eu/the-latest-f...
31.12.2025 18:51 —
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You Talkin’ to Me? Algorithmic Mirrors and Chatbot Radicalisation - GNET
My second article on chatbot radicalisation with @gnetresearch.bsky.social: “A sufficiently unstable individual may find in a model’s sycophancy a form of proof, an artificial Sancho Panza validating whatever fantasy they bring to it”.
gnet-research.org/2025/12/08/y...
22.12.2025 14:23 —
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You Talkin’ to Me? Algorithmic Mirrors and Chatbot Radicalisation - GNET
Today, @kjallen.bsky.social continues his exploration of the terrorist chatbot with a second Insight, looking specifically at youth, radicalisation, and P/CVE guardrails that need to be in place.
Read his first Insight on the subject ➡️ gnet-research.org/2025/12/05/c...
08.12.2025 11:47 —
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Could Chatbots Seduce Us into Extremism? Radicalisation Risks in an Age of AI Companions - GNET
I published a piece earlier this month with @gnetresearch.bsky.social. This Insight interrogates the evidentiary basis for the so-called “terrorist chatbot”, its likelihood, and the potential implications. Check it out here:
gnet-research.org/2025/12/05/c...
21.12.2025 17:27 —
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Could Chatbots Seduce Us into Extremism? Radicalisation Risks in an Age of AI Companions - GNET
Today, @kjallen.bsky.social examines the evidentiary basis for the terrorist #chatbot, its likelihood, and potential implications in light of the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's annual report to Parliament.
05.12.2025 11:11 —
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Building Community, Spreading Hate: Extremism, Hate, and Arma 3 - GNET
I published a new Insight with @gnetresearch.bsky.social focused on Arma 3, a commercially available military simulation (Milsim) released by Czech video game developer Bohemia Interactive. Have a read here:
gnet-research.org/2025/08/26/b...
30.08.2025 13:40 —
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Building Community, Spreading Hate: Extremism, Hate, and Arma 3 - GNET
Community-building is an intrinsic and highly positive feature of games like #Arma. Yet, hateful or extremist actors can lead it astray, in conjunction with the capacity to modify or ‘mod’ the game.
@kjallen.bsky.social explores the Arma gaming series and these associated challenges.
26.08.2025 11:44 —
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A world for the right - Nicholas Michelsen, 2025
The first forum on our book! Grateful to the reviewers for their engagements on Trumpism, civilizationism, feminism, managerialism, neoliberalism and more journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
31.05.2025 20:30 —
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My article on Jules Verne's technocratic worldmaking is now part of the latest @risjnl.bsky.social issue, alongside a range of really exciting contributions – check out the volume below 👇 #HistIR
29.05.2025 07:52 —
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
I recently contributed a review essay to a forum in New Perspectives on the newly released book ‘World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order’. Check out the forum here:
doi.org/10.1177/2336...
16.05.2025 08:45 —
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Attack at the Pear Tree Inn: An Analysis of a British Terrorist’s Manifesto - GNET
"They will call me a terrorist, they will call me an extremist: I am neither. I am but a gardener tending to the great garden of England."
An excellent dispatch on a white supremacist terrorist attack in England by Duncan Gardham in @gnetresearch.bsky.social. gnet-research.org/2025/04/15/a...
30.04.2025 12:42 —
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From DOGE to Subsea Cables: Global Infrastructures and Corporate Control
A Conversation with Dr Andrew Dougall
What a week to talk about global infrastructure, right? 😅
New Anti-Dystopians episode out with Dr Andrew Dougall -- talking about everything from DOGE's attempted Treasury takeover to subsea cables.
open.substack.com/pub/alinautr...
10.02.2025 11:23 —
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🚨My new article, ‘Conspiracy theory, anti-globalism, and the Freedom Convoy: The Great Reset and conspiracist delegitimation,’ co-authored with Scott Watson @uvic.bsky.social is out @risjnl.bsky.social bit.ly/4j9sNPz #conspiracytheory #greatreset #greatreplacement #worldeconomicforum #fredomconvoy
15.01.2025 18:03 —
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Fighting fake war imagery - Binding hook
Online misinformation from military simulation games can be mitigated
Imagery from military simulation games have become a misinformation scourge. @kjallen.bsky.social has ideas for mitigating the problem bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
14.12.2023 09:26 —
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Fighting fake war imagery - Binding hook
Online misinformation from military simulation games can be mitigated
A new piece I wrote for @bindinghook.bsky.social exploring the online trend of misinformation emerging from military simulation games.
bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
14.12.2023 22:10 —
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🚨 Thrilled to announce that my latest article, with the fantastic @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, is now out (open access):
"Crimes of Dispassion: Autonomous Weapons and the Moral Challenge of Systematic Killing"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
01.12.2023 09:29 —
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Thanks for the welcome, Jan!
02.11.2023 12:32 —
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