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OpenAI shuts down Russian and Iranian fake-news networks built with AI

OpenAI stopped a Russian network that used an AI-made 'think tank leader' to attack Ukraine's image in Latin America, and an Iranian one that used fake journalists to place nearly 100 war articles in small outlets.

~100fake war articles placed by the Iranian network

OpenAI stopped a Russian network that used an AI-made 'think tank leader' to attack Ukraine's image in Latin America, and an Iranian one that used fake journalists to place nearly 100 war articles in small outlets.

Why it matters

AI is now a tool of information war around Iran and Ukraine.

What we don't know yet

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Note this down

Read OpenAI's threat report summary.

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