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A covert influence operation, meaning a coordinated effort to shape what people believe while hiding who is behind it, was found using OpenAI's ChatGPT.
OpenAI identified a set of Russian accounts running the campaign and shut them down. The short version: Russian accounts were using ChatGPT to support a disinformation effort, and OpenAI removed their access.
What the company actually said OpenAI described the episode in specific terms, saying the incident "illustrates how influence actors can use AI as a supporting tool within a broader effort to manufacture authority." Influence actors, in that framing, are groups running coordinated, often hidden campaigns to shift what people believe.
Manufacturing authority means creating the look of credibility rather than earning it, making content appear expert or established when it is not.
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