OpenAI disrupts threat actors that were using its AI models

Accounts across Russia, China, Iran and Israel were terminated after posting 'deceptive' AI-generated content relating to global geopolitics. OpenAI says it has disrupted five "covert influence operations" based across the world, including in Russia and China, that were using its AI models to manipulate public opinion and influence political outcomes deceptively. The San Francisco start-up that runs the free and public AI chatbot called ChatGPT said that these internet campaigns - disrupted by OpenAI over the last three months - do not appear to have "meaningfully" increased their audience engagement or reach because of its products. These covert operations include…