The OpenAI logo is being displayed on a smartphone screen and on a computer screen in Athens, Greece, on May 21, 2024.penAI identified and removed five covert influence operations based in Russia, China, Iran and Israel that were using its artificial intelligence tools to manipulate public opinion, the company said on Thursday., OpenAI detailed how these groups, some of which are linked to known propaganda campaigns, used the company’s tools for a variety of “deceptive activities.
politics in India, Europe, and the U.S. in their attempts to sway public opinion. While these influence operations targeted a wide range of online platforms, including X , Telegram, Facebook, Medium, Blogspot, and other sites,The report, the first of its kind released by the company, comes amid global concerns about the potential impact AI tools could have on the more than 64 elections happening around the world this year, including thein November.
One of the Russian influence campaigns shut down by OpenAI, dubbed “Bad Grammar” by the company, used its AI models to debug code to run a Telegram bot that created short political comments in English and Russian. The operation targeted Ukraine, Moldova, the U.S. and Baltic States, the company says. Another Russian operation known as “Doppelganger,” which the U.S.