OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaigns
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"These Russian underlings were trying to use AI to create a shortcut and do less work in the same way that a lot of us use AI, but in this case it helped get them caught," Linvill said.

While the Russian operatives primarily used AI to update their superiors, Iranian operatives used AI to help them push out content in Persian and English. The campaign mainly focused on the U.S.-Iran war and, to a lesser degree, American politics. OpenAI said the operation's activity "appeared consistent with a commercial actor running a for-hire influence campaign" but that it was unable to identify who that was.

According to OpenAI, Iranian accounts made up seven fake authors to pitch and polish long articles to small media outlets around the world. They published almost 100 articles in this way.

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