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ISWAP Reportedly Used AI Guidance to Breach Nigerian Military Base Defenses by Motorcycle
- Occurred
- Nov 25, 2024
- Published
- Jul 10, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
After defensive trenches stopped an ISWAP motorcycle assault on a Nigerian military base, commanders reportedly consulted an AI chatbot for guidance on adapting motorcycle-jumping techniques to cross them. Fighters practiced the maneuver, with 18 reportedly dying during training; eight mastered it, and a subsequent assault reportedly cleared the trenches.
Developers
- Chatbot developers
- Large language model developers
Deployers
- Boko Haram
- Terrorist organizations
- Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)
- Non-state armed groups
Harmed parties
- 18 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters
- Military of Nigeria
- Military personnel of Nigeria
- Soldiers
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: AI chatbot used for tactical military guidance leading to deaths and successful breach of military base.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8