AIR-SPJ PROJECT · SITREP #1
Project Update
Latest update · Published July 16, 2026
From the Author Team
Its been a great week, with lots of new evidence mapped and connected to relevant elements. The authors have spent some additional time on the backend of the AIR-SPJ process to make sure that elements were getting connected with evidence as logically and accurately as possible. We are working on 2 paths right now: 1) adding and connecting evidence to elements, and 2) making the platform work as efficiently as transparently as possible.
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Milestones Reached
📄 Featured Evidence
Assessing AI’s Influence On Violence Risk
Crimando, 2026. Assessing AI’s Influence On Violence Risk. Continuity Insights.
The document highlights the potential for AI to act as a threat multiplier, increasing the risk of workplace, campus, and community violence. It discusses how AI can coarsen interpersonal communication and decrease cognitive functioning, leading to heightened hostility and impulsive behaviors, which may facilitate targeted violence.
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The Guardian
Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
Domestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says.
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Recently Added Evidence
Building safer artificial intelligence mental health chatbots: a framework for transparency, evaluation, and shared accountability
Hannah Lee, BS, Rebecca Handler, MSc, Tushar Mungle, PhD, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, PhD, 2026. Building safer artificial intelligence mental health chatbots: a framework for transparency, evaluation, and shared accountability. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 33(8), 1538–1553. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag078
Sep 2026
Growing up in the online world: government response (July 2026)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2026. Growing up in the online world: government response (July 2026). GOV.UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation/outcome/growing-up-in-the-online-world-government-response-july-2026.
Aug 2026
A scoping review on the mental health harms of LLM-based chatbots
Diel A, Torous J, Cuijpers P, Kleesiek J, Nensa F, Weber N, Faust F, Lalgi TJ, Mellis FS, Teufel M, Bäuerle A, 2024. A scoping review on the mental health harms of LLM-based chatbots. npj Digital Medicine, 9(644). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-03054-x
Aug 2026
The Rise of Anti-Technology Violent Extremism
Homeland Security Human Factors Institute, 2026. The Rise of Anti-Technology Violent Extremism. Homeland Security Human Factors Institute.
Aug 2026
Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT
Mark Follman, 2024. Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT. Mother Jones.
Aug 2026
Notes from the Team
Please forward this email to any friends, family or network connections who may have critical insight to AI and violence and self-harm risk. The bigger the contributor pool is on this project, the better the more reliable the final output will be- and we can make a difference together. airspj.com
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AIR-SPJ Project · Core authors: Jameson Ritter, Totti Karpela, Steven Crimando