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Russia used ChatGPT to run a covert influence campaign pushing
Russia used ChatGPT to run a covert influence campaign pushing pro-Kremlin narratives across the West
TL;DRRussia used ChatGPT to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda on social media before OpenAI shut it down.
Why it matters: Shows AI tools can amplify state disinformation at scale, raising questions about platform safeguards.
OpenAI has disrupted a covert Russian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate social media posts by banning a cluster of accounts. The operators accessed the platform through VPNs from Russia and promoted the fictitious "International Burke Institute," including…
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