Half of U.S. adults report greater concern than excitement about AI in daily life, and Gen Z shows rising anxiety and anger toward AI. Federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are reportedly focusing on “anti-technology extremists,” using surveillance and potential criminalization frameworks. A counterterrorism strategy presented by President Donald Trump and counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka identifies “violent left-wing extremists” as a major terror category. Unpublished reports obtained through WIRED describe “anti-tech violent extremist” activity in the context of widespread AI adoption. One report predicts that emergent AI could fuel large-scale protests that devolve into civil unrest and anti-tech violent extremist activity, especially in large urban areas like New York City. Some documents originate from fusion centers that connect federal intelligence agencies.
"More than a thousand pages of unpublished reports acquired by WIRED show a worrying trend across America: federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are targeting "anti-technology extremists.""
""The chaotic atmosphere that may result from emergent AI technology in the next five years may fuel large-scale protests that devolve into civil unrest and anti-tech violent extremist activity, especially in large urban areas such as New York City," the report reads."
"In it, Gorka laid out what he claims are the biggest terrorist threats to the U.S., naming "violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists" as one of the "three major types of terror groups" facing America."
""We will find you and we will kill you.""
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