How Moscow Turned AI Into a Ghostwriting Machine for Global Influence

OpenAI Bans Cluster of ChatGPT Accounts Posting Fake Comments Promoting Russia

OpenAI banned a cluster of accounts on its popular chatbot ChatGPT with ties to a suspected Russian propaganda campaign, the company announced on Aug. 25. The accounts were associated with the International Burke Institute, a fake think tank that acts as a front for a Russian covert influence campaign, according to OpenAI. What started as an investigation into social media posts led the artificial intelligence company to uncover a “much broader …

How Moscow Turned AI Into a Ghostwriting Machine for Global Influence

OpenAI has identified and banned a series of ChatGPT accounts linked to Russia that were secretly used to push Kremlin talking points and create the illusion of an independent research community. Accessing the system through virtual private networks to circumvent geographic restrictions, the operators directed artificial intelligence to write posts and comments in English while explicitly instructing the models to conceal any Russian origin. We…

OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT

OpenAI says it has disrupted a social media influence campaign that is believed to be of Russian origin What makes this campaign stand out is the underlying architecture, which features a "think tank" with highly questionable credibility The objective of the campaign was to influence Western audiences into believing Russia was superior, and that Western countries were sacrificing their sovereignty AI tools have once again been used for bad, rath…

OpenAI Bans Russia-Linked ChatGPT Accounts Used in Covert Influence Campaign

OpenAI has removed a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to a covert influence operation from Russia. The accounts produced social-media posts and replies designed to steer people toward the International Burke Institute, or IBI, a purported Israeli expert community. The campaign did not depend on malicious software or an exploit. It used generative AI to spread material through X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Substack and Telegram while hiding its operat…

Russia’s AI influence playbook reaches Italy

Why it matters. The operation does not appear to have reached a large audience. What makes it noteworthy is the infrastructure behind it. Rather than simply generating propaganda posts, its operators sought to manufacture the appearance of intellectual authority around an ostensibly independent research institute. What happened.  OpenAI said on Aug. 25 that it had banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that “very likely originated in Russia” and w…

OpenAI Bans Russian ChatGPT Accounts Used to Run Influence Operation

OpenAI on Tuesday said it banned a cluster of Russian ChatGPT accounts that used VPNs to bypass access restrictions and run an influence operation, which relied on its artificial intelligence (AI) tool to generate social media posts and comments that were shared on Substack, Telegram, X, Facebook and LinkedIn. The accounts "were being used to promote the International Burke Institute (IBI), a