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
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