OpenAI bans two covert influence operations using ChatGPT
10/08/2026 — 10/09, 03:20·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- OpenAI said it banned two covert influence operations, one from Russia and one from Iran, that used ChatGPT to support so-called front entit…
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On October 8, 2026, OpenAI said it had banned two covert influence operations, one originating in Russia and one in Iran, both of which used ChatGPT to support what the company called "false front" entities. According to OpenAI's safety report, those entities were used "to launder geopolitical, conflict-related messaging into their target audiences." OpenAI assessed the Russia-origin operation as a Category 5 influence operation, describing it as the first Category 5 campaign the company has disrupted. The public record currently stops at that October 8 disclosure and the assessment OpenAI released alongside it.
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Latest turnAccording to Unite.AI, OpenAI said it had banned two covert influence operations, one based in Russia and one in Iran, that used ChatGPT to support what it called 'false front' entities and launder geopolitical and conflict-related messaging into their target audiences. OpenAI assessed the Russia-origin campaign as the first Category 5 influence operation it has disrupted.
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According to Unite.AI, OpenAI said it had banned two covert influence operations, one based in Russia and one in Iran, that used ChatGPT to support what it called 'false front' entities and launder geopolitical and conflict-related messaging into their target audiences. OpenAI assessed the Russia-origin campaign as the first Category 5 influence operation it has disrupted.
Unite.AIAI score 62OpenAI says it disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging. The company described them as "false front" operations; the announcement did not identify the actors or the models involved.
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