OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT

Shape of Russia filled with Russian flag-colored internet codes on a black hacking background.

• OpenAI says it has disrupted a social media influence campaign that is believed to be of Russian origin
• What makes this campaign stand out is the underlying architecture, which features a "think tank" with highly questionable credibility
• The objective of the campaign was to influence Western audiences into believing Russia was superior, and that Western countries were sacrificing their sovereignty

AI tools have once again been used for bad, rather than for good, and this time it has been as part of a campaign attributed to Russia that tried to discredit Western countries supportive of Ukraine.