OpenAI reports influence operations using fake journalists and a think tank
OpenAI said on October 8 that it banned two influence operations originating in Russia and Iran. Its report describes fake journalist personas and a research organization that appeared to employ unwitting people. The operators used AI alongside established deceptive methods.
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