OpenAI, the company behind generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, announced Thursday that it had taken down influence operations tied to Russia, China and Iran., Iran, and Israel are using artificial intelligence in their efforts to manipulate the public, according to a new report from OpenAI.
The boom in generative artificial intelligence, which can quickly and easily produce realistic audio, video, images and text, is creating new avenues for fraud, scams andIn the past three months, OpenAI banned accounts linked to five covert influence operations, which it defines as “attempt to manipulate public opinion or influence political outcomes without revealing the true identity or intentions of the actors behind them.
Another campaign that both OpenAI and Meta said they disrupted in recent months traced back to a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv called Stoic. Fake accounts posed as Jewish students, African-Americans, and concerned citizens. They posted about the war in Gaza, praised Israel’s military, and criticized college antisemitism and the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, according to Meta. The posts were aimed at audiences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel.