Für den Frieden: KI setzt in Kriegssimulation Atomwaffen ein

US-Forscher haben untersucht, wie sich große Sprachmodelle in der Simulation eines fiktiven politischen Konflikts verhalten. Die Ergebnisse sind beunruhigend. Forscher des Georgia Institute of Technology, der Stanford University, der Northeastern University und der Hoover Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative haben das “Eskalations-Risiko” untersucht, das entsteht, wenn große Sprachmodelle militärische und diplomatische Entscheidungen treffen würden. Dafür prüften sie das Verhalten von fünf technisch führenden großen Sprachmodellen in fiktiven Krisenszenarien. Alle fünf Modelle zeigten dabei “schwer vorhersagbare Eskalationsmuster” schreiben Juan-Pablo Rivera und Kollegen in ihrem Paper, das auf der Preprint-Plattform arXiv.org veröffentlicht wurde. In Extremfällen setzen die Modelle auch Atomwaffen ein. (…) Dabei stellten die Forscher unabhängig vom Szenario fest, dass alle KI-Modelle zu einer Wettrüstungsdynamik neigen. Vor allem bei GPT-3.5 gefolgt von GPT-4 war die Entwicklung der Eskalation am stärksten, während sich Claude-2.0 und Llama-2-Chat tendenziell friedlicher verhielten. Besonders irritiert zeigte sich das Forschungsteam jedoch von plötzlich auftretenden Sprüngen im Eskalations-Score, die scheinbar ohne jede Vorwarnung auftreten konnten und Szenarien, in denen die Modelle mit kruden Begründungen, wie “Wir haben Atomwaffen, also sollten wir sie auch nutzen”, einer klassischen Erstschlagslogik folgten – den Konflikt also maximal zu eskalieren, um sie über die Vernichtung des Gegners zu deeskalieren.

via heise: Für den Frieden: KI setzt in Kriegssimulation Atomwaffen ein

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2 #Ontario men accused of belonging to neo-Nazi #terrorism group – #awd #atomwaffendivision

The RCMP have charged two Ontario men with “knowingly” participating in an international neo-Nazi group listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government. The two men – who were not named by the RCMP’s Ontario national security division – are accused of creating terrorist propaganda and recruiting videos for Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi group founded in the United States in 2013 and has spread internationally. Court documents obtained by Global News list the accused as Matthew Albert Althorpe of Thorold and Kristopher Erik Nippak of East York. The RCMP’s Ontario Division confirmed the men’s names Friday afternoon. The RCMP said the two men are accused of participating in the creation of manifestos for the “Terrorgram Collective” – a loose association of far-right extremists that organize using encrypted messaging facilitated by the Telegram app. According to court documents, the 18-month investigation followed Althorpe and Nippak from locations in both Québec and Ontario, and covered alleged offences dating back to April 2018. Both men are accused of knowingly participating in the activities of a terrorist group, while Althorpe faces a number of other charges including three counts of hate crime offences, facilitating terrorist activity, and instructing a person to carry out a terrorist activity, among other charges. Atomwaffen Division was listed as a terrorist group by the Canadian government in early 2021. The international neo-Nazi group was founded in 2013 in the U.S., and has since expanded to the U.K., Canada and Germany, according to the Canadian government.

via globalnews: 2 Ontario men accused of belonging to neo-Nazi terrorism group

„Eindeutiges Signal“ – Bayerischer AfD-Mann bei rechtsextremer #Burschenschaft – #Halemba #AWD #AtomwaffenDivision #Frankonia #NordWürttembergSturm

Rechtsextremisten treffen sich in Erlangen bei einer Burschenschaft. Auch Bayerns jüngster Oppositioneller Daniel Halemba von der AfD taucht dort auf. Im vierstöckigen Gebäude in der Loewenichstraße 16 in Erlangen weht eine Fahne im Wind, die an das Kaiserreich erinnert. Fast alle Jalousien sind heruntergezogen. Offenbar soll geheim bleiben, was sich dort hinter den Mauern der rechtsextremen Burschenschaft Frankonia abspielt oder wer sich im Haus aufhält. Doch vollständig können sich die Besucher der Öffentlichkeit nicht entziehen. Denn vor den Räumlichkeiten liegen Polizisten, Journalisten und vermutlich auch Verfassungsschützer auf der Lauer. In der Vergangenheit gingen hier bekannte Rechtextremisten, Neonazis und Verschwörungsideologen ein und aus. AfD-Politiker Halemba darf Mitglieder seiner Würzburger Burschenschaft nicht mehr treffen So war es wohl auch am vorvergangenen Samstag, als sich einer der umstrittensten Parlamentarier Bayerns zu der undurchsichtigen Studentenverbindung aufmachte. Seine eigene Würzburger Burschenschaft Teutonia Prag darf der AfD-Abgeordnete Daniel Halemba nicht mehr besuchen, möglicherweise hat es ihn auch deshalb nach Erlangen verschlagen. Verboten ist es ihm ebenso, die Mitglieder seiner Gruppierung zu treffen, so die Auflage der Staatsanwaltschaft, sonst muss er in Untersuchungshaft. Gegen den 22-Jährigen, der erst seit Kurzem für die AfD im Bayerischen Landtag sitzt, wird wegen Volksverhetzung und der Verwendung von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger Organisationen ermittelt. (…) Statt seine eigenen Burschenschaftler zu treffen, fuhr Halemba also knapp 100 Kilometer südöstlich zur Frankonia in Erlangen. Mit den Mitgliedern stehe er auch im Austausch, wie zwei Szene-Insider, die vor Ort waren, der Abendzeitung berichten. Bei dem Termin versammelten sich neben zwei Vorstandsmitgliedern der Jungen Alternative auch Neonazis. Darunter der Geschäftsführer eines Unternehmens für Nazi-Utensilien und die Musiker einer Rechtsrockband. Fotos belegen, dass Halemba die Örtlichkeit mit Sympathisanten der Kameradschaft „Nord Württemberg Sturm“ aufsuchte. Dazu bezog er auf Abendzeitung -Anfrage keine Stellung. Diese Gruppierung sei laut Landesverfassungsschutz in Baden-Württemberg „neonazistisch geprägt“. Ihre Anhänger rekrutieren und radikalisieren junge Erwachsene über das Internet. SPD-Abgeordneter zeigt sich über das Treffen empört Die Fotos und Videos, die rechtsextreme Organisationen aus diesem Spektrum auf Messengerdiensten einsetzen, ähneln in ihrer Ästhetik denen der rechtsterroristischen Atomwaffendivision. Diese ursprünglich aus den USA stammende Organisation möchte gewalttätig die Herrschaft der „weißen“ Rasse herbeiführen.

via focus: „Eindeutiges Signal“ Bayerischer AfD-Mann bei rechtsextremer Burschenschaft

‘A New Image of Terror and Dread’: The Significance Of Dark Foreigner’s Arrest – #terror #awd #atomwaffendivision

On 5 July 2023, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested Patrick Gordon Macdonald, known in accelerationist circles by his digital alias, Dark Foreigner. Macdonald worked for years as a crucial neo-Nazi propagandist and played an instrumental role in crafting the visual aesthetic that, at one point, defined militant accelerationist networks like Atomwaffen Division, The Base, Sonnenkrieg Division, Feuerkrieg Division, and the Order of Nine Angles (O9A) offshoot, Tempel ov Blood. Macdonald’s infamous propaganda, designed to incite others to violence, amplified the preexisting violent narratives in militant accelerationist propaganda and bolstered recruitment efforts for less effective militant accelerationist networks. In essence, his contributions were a critical mechanism that made accelerationist recruitment and propaganda efforts more capable and sophisticated.  Macdonald’s arrest signals a clear change in how Canadian and Western law enforcement are approaching militant accelerationism; the RCMP stated that this “is the first [case] in Canada in which an individual advocating a violent far-right ideology has been charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda.” According to the RCMP, Macdonald “allegedly participated in and facilitated the creation, production and distribution of three terrorist propaganda videos”—material the RCMP claims “was intended to promote the group and recruit members, and encourages the commission of terrorist activities.” Dark Foreigner has long been a subject of focus and monitoring for researchers at the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC), and our findings support the allegations of criminal wrongdoing by the RCMP.  In 2021, VICE news reporters identified Dark Foreigner as Macdonald and articulated how he had become the “chief propagandist” for Atomwaffen Division, a listed terrorist organisation in Canada. At the peak of his popularity, his aesthetic style and hateful artwork became synonymous with the collective visual branding of militant accelerationism. Notably, the Dark Foreigner persona never hid its ideologically motivated activity, just the creator’s true identity.

via gnet research: ‘A New Image of Terror and Dread’: The Significance Of Dark Foreigner’s Arrest

#Ottawa man charged with promoting neo-Nazi #terrorist group released on bail – #atomwaffendivision #awd

An Ottawa man who has been charged with terrorism offences for promoting a far-right group has been granted bail. Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, was charged in July with participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and wilfully promoting hatred for a terrorist group. The RCMP say he helped make propaganda material for the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi organization that has been listed as a terror group in Canada since 2021. (…) Macdonald was the first to be charged in Canada with terrorism-related and hate propaganda offences because of his alleged association with a violent far-right ideology. His bail conditions also ban him from contacting a list of 10 people and require him to give up his passport. Police allege he operated under a screen name online, and was known as “Dark Foreigner.” The U.S.-based Southern Poverty Law Centre says that “Dark Foreigner” made graphic designs for the Atomwaffen Division. Public Safety Canada says the group calls for acts of violence against racial, religious, and ethnic groups, as well as informants, police and bureaucrats, to prompt the collapse of society.

via ctvnews: Ottawa man charged with promoting neo-Nazi terrorist group released on bail

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Self-proclaimed neo-Nazi arrested for plotting to blow up #Maryland power grid – #terror #atomwaffenDivision #awd

Tampa defendant and self-proclaimed neo-Nazi, Brandon Russell, is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. After serving five years in prison on explosive charges, Russell was recently arrested, while on probation, for plotting to blow up the power grid in Maryland. Russell and Sarah Beth Clendaniel planned sniper attacks. “He wanted to shut down the grid system for a period of time during the cold of winter. And him doing this, if he would’ve accomplished his plan, people would’ve died,” explained Rickman. During a federal court hearing, both defendants were asking for a speedy trial which could be a defense strategy, however, Rickman said it could backfire. “If this defendant thinks he’s going to demand speedy because he’s going to catch the government off guard I don’t think that’s the case here,” said Rickman. READ: Driver accused in DUI crash that killed mom of 3 strikes plea deal after skipping town, delaying trial In 2017, Russell pleaded guilty to making homemade bombs at his Tampa apartment. Russell also had a hit list that included Tampa synagogues and a flower plant near Miami. Russell was also the leader of the Neo-Nazi group, Atomwaffen, and activity recruiting members around the country.  In 2017, officials discovered that Russell was making homemade bombs. Russell’s twisted plot was revealed after his roommate, Devon Arthurs, shot and killed his two roommates after they teased him for converting to the Muslim faith. He then pointed police to Russell’s bombs and sinister plan.

via fox13: Self-proclaimed neo-Nazi arrested for plotting to blow up Maryland power grid

Prominent neo-Nazi propagandist arrested in #Canada: #Police – #terror #awd #atomwaffendivision

Canada says first time individual charged with ‘both terrorism and hate propaganda’ for advocating violent ideology. Canada has arrested two men in connection with their involvement with a “terrorist group … linked to neo-Nazi ideology,” according to authorities. Among those arrested was Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, who allegedly helped produce propaganda for the group. In a statement on Wednesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said, “The case is the first in Canada in which an individual advocating a violent far-right ideology has been charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda.” A second person was arrested in Kingsey Falls, Quebec and “may face charges at a later date”, according to the statement. Macdonald allegedly supported the Atomwaffen Division, an accelerationist neo-Nazi group originally formed in the United States. Accelerationism is the belief that various extreme measures – including violence – are needed to force the swift collapse of society and put in place a new order of power.

via aljazeera: Prominent neo-Nazi propagandist arrested in Canada: Police

siehe auch: Charges against alleged Ottawa neo-Nazi linked to offences in 2018-19, court documents allege Second person arrested in investigation has been released, RCMP says. The unprecedented terrorism charges laid against an Ottawa man stem from offences he’s accused of committing between 2018 and 2019, court documents say. The Mounties said earlier this week they arrested Patrick Gordon Macdonald, a 26-year-old graphic designer, and charged him with three terrorism-related offences under the Criminal Code: participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and commission of an offence for a terrorist group (wilful promotion of hatred).  The RCMP says it’s the first time in Canada someone advocating a violent far-right ideology has been charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda. Macdonald is accused of creating propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, which the federal government listed as a terrorist entity in 2021.