Termination of OpenAI accounts that manipulate public opinion
OpenAI announced success. The technology has been used to intervene in several online campaigns that manipulate public opinion.
The company confirmed this on May 30. Shutting down five individual accounts linked to “covert influence” operations. For the past 3 months.
these tasks We leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to write article comments, create fake social media profiles, and assist with content translation and proofreading.
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One notable campaign called “Bad Grammar” leveraged OpenAI’s technology to It operates a Telegram bot and generates political commentary. Focused on influencing audiences in Ukraine, Moldova, the Baltic States, and the United States. Likewise, the Russian operation ‘Doppelganger’ also utilized AI. In order to manipulate public opinion, they post comments in English, French, German, Italian and Polish on platforms such as X and 9GAG.
Another notable campaign from the Chinese network “Spamouflage” uses OpenAI to We create multilingual content on a variety of platforms including X, Medium, Blogspot, and more.
Content posted through these various operations focused on a wide range of issues, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Gaza Strip conflict, Indian elections, politics in Europe and the United States, and criticism of the Chinese government by Chinese dissidents and foreign governments. .
Ben Nimmo, principal investigator at OpenAI and author of the report, emphasized the importance of these findings. In an interview with the New York Times, he said:
Our case studies provide examples of the most widely reported and longest-running influence campaigns currently active.
Despite these efforts, OpenAI concluded that these are impacting its operations. There was no noticeable increase in audience engagement or reach. Through their services. the company We continuously monitor and respond to misuse of AI. Ensures the credibility of public debate.
In other OpenAI-related news, a former board member recently claimed that Sam Altman was fired as the company’s CEO for misleading the board on multiple occasions.
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