openai.comarticleDisrupting AI-enabled “false front” operations
OpenAI reports banning ChatGPT accounts tied to two covert influence operations using "false front" entities. The Russian "Dark Clark" operation ran a think tank (Social Research Center) staffed by unwitting Latin Americans, planted fake emails, audio and documents targeting Ukraine and Argentine, Bolivian and Ecuadorian leaders, and was rated Breakout Scale Category 5. The Iranian "Bogus Bylines" operation used seven fake journalist personas to place nearly 100 articles in online outlets (Category 4) and generated batches of social media comments (Category 2), while using inflated impact metrics in internal reports.
TL;DR OpenAI details two banned AI-assisted influence operations, Russia's Dark Clark (first Category 5) and Iran's Bogus Bylines, with their TTPs, personas and impact assessments.
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Organisations named here
- Bogus Bylines
- Breakout Scale
- Dark Clark
- Ervin B. Hoskins
- Iran International
- La Compania
- Meta
- Mia Clark
- Michael Harrison
- Politology
- Social Research Center
Technologies named here
- ChatGPT
- IO Breakout Scale
- VPNs
- X
- Social media account transparency settings
- TikTok
- Open-source investigation
- Threads
- Medium
- Online news outlets in several countries
- OpenAI
- VPN
Techniques named here
- False-front entities
- Fake "leaked" documents, letters and audio scripts
- Deceptive impact metric
Threat actors named here
- Politology / La Compania
- Wagner Group
- Internet Research Agency
- PeaceData
- Alice Donovan
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