Disrupting AI-enabled “false front” operations

Summary

OpenAI banned two influence operations, one Russia-origin and one Iran-origin, that used its models alongside traditional techniques to run "false front" entities and launder geopolitical messaging into target audiences. The Iranian operation used seven "journalist" personas to pitch articles to small and medium outlets, while the Russian operation co-opted unwitting people in Latin America to run a "think tank." The Russia-origin operation is rated Category 5 on the IO Breakout Scale, the first Category 5 operation OpenAI has disrupted, and the Iran-origin operation reached Category 4.

Related items

• InfoOpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI RisksSame vendor · SecurityWeek
• Info‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest dropSame vendor · The Verge (AI)
• InfoOpenAI reports three new incidents of misalignmentSame vendor · CSO Online
• InfoA new feature for my blog, built using my voiceSame vendor · Simon Willison's Weblog
• InfoOpenAI's revenue scare, Delta earnings, what investors think of a Starbucks-Chipotle deal and more in Morning SquawkSame vendor · CNBC Technology