Join us for an exciting lunch & learn opportunity on August 26, 2026 12:00-1:00 pm EDT for an exploration of the nexus of AI and targeted violence!
Several high-profile targeted violence cases have demonstrated how AI can influence and even assist a threat actor in planning and executing an attack. The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into daily life has fundamentally altered the threat landscape, and can accelerate the progression towards violence, as well as fuel grievances and violent ideations in ways that traditional risk assessment models are not fully equipped to capture.
Traditional assessment approaches can overlook the nuanced ways AI can move a threat actor onto and along the pathway to violence, leaving security and threat assessment teams vulnerable to blind spots in workplace violence and targeted attack prevention. Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving AI-enabled threat landscape with this important session! In this program you will learn:
· The four-quadrant model of AI-influenced violence risk
· How AI can inspire, encourage and facilitate targeted violence
· How AI can and has been used to planning and preparing for mass violence
· Areas of assessment in detecting AI-influence and dangerousness
Speaker: Steve Crimando, MA, CTM, is the founder and principal of Behavioral Science Applications LLC, behavior risk management advisors. He is the Chair of the ASIS International Extremism & Political Instability Community (EPIC) Sterring Committee and member of the Human Threat Management Community Steering Committee. Steve is a Certified Threat Manager (CTM) with the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals and a Certified Master Trainer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) program, as well a cleared mental health partner to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and instructor in the FBI Community Anti-Threats Officer (CATO) program.