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Covert AI Influence Operations Linked to Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, OpenAI Reveals

May 30, 2024

In a report released by OpenAI, the company described how its generative AI tools were misused by state actors and private companies in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel to conduct covert influence campaigns aimed at manipulating public opinion and geopolitical narratives.
Alleged deployer
zeno-zeno, spamouflage, russian-government, israeli-government, iranian-government, international-union-of-virtual-media, doppelganger, chinese-government
Alleged developer
openai
Alleged harmed parties
united-states, ukraine, social-media-users, moldova, lithuania, latvia, general-public, estonia, critics-of-the-chinese-government

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/774

Data source

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