How does an AI turn an exile's digital life into a map for hunting them across borders?
State security agents are no longer just theorizing about how to use artificial intelligence to track dissidents abroad. In this piece published on 12 October 2026, the warnings give way to hard evidence. Generative models are already being used to hunt exiled activists across borders, turning scattered social media posts into automated surveillance files. The situation forces a practical question onto the tech industry: now that American software is actively lowering the cost of global harassment, what do these companies owe the people being targeted?
An analysis of how repressive governments use generative AI to track and harass exiled political opponents across borders. Draws on a recent Anthropic threat report to show how state-backed groups use language models to translate local dialects, map social networks, and build automated surveillance systems. Concludes with three practical steps AI companies should take to detect these campaigns and preserve evidence of abuse.
Read at source: Just Security
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