US law enforcement warns of 'anti-tech extremism' as AI backlash grows

Federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports identifying anti-technology extremists as an emerging domestic threat. This follows attacks on CEOs, nationwide protests targeting data centers, and rising concerns about AI-driven job replacement. More than 1,000 pages of unpublished reports from the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and fusion centers, obtained The effort follows President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memo 7 directing the Department of Justice to target “anti-American,” “anti-Christian,” and “anti-capitalism” beliefs. Trump’s counterterrorism czar released a public strategy naming left-wing extremists as one of three top counterterrorism priorities. A New York Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau report warns that emergent AI technology over the next five years may fuel large-scale protests devolving into civil unrest and anti-tech violent extremist activity, especially in large urban areas.