OpenAI says it disrupted Russian and Iranian influence ops that used ChatGPT

The RecordPublished 2026-10-09 14:58 UTC

A Latin American propaganda operation run by Russians and a cluster of Iranian fake journalist identities each had help from now-closed ChatGPT accounts, OpenAI's safety team said.

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