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OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT
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OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT

Published August 17, 2024
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OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election, according to a blog post on Friday. The company says the operation created AI-generated articles and social media posts, though it doesn’t seem that it reached much of an audience.

This is not the first time OpenAI has banned accounts linked to state-affiliated actors using ChatGPT maliciously. In May the company disrupted five campaigns using ChatGPT to manipulate public opinion.

These episodes are reminiscent of state actors using social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, to attempt to influence previous election cycles. Now similar groups (or perhaps the same ones) are using generative AI to flood social channels with misinformation. Similar to social media companies, OpenAI seems to be adopting a whack-a-mole approach, banning accounts associated with these efforts as they come up.

OpenAI says its investigation of this cluster of accounts benefited from a Microsoft Threat Intelligence report published last week, which identified the group (which it calls Storm-2035) as part of a broader campaign to influence US elections operating since 2020.

Microsoft said Storm-2035 is an Iranian network with multiple sites imitating news outlets and “actively engaging US voter groups on opposing ends of the political spectrum with polarizing messaging on issues such as the US presidential candidates, LGBTQ rights, and the Israel-Hamas conflict.” The playbook, as it has proven to be in other operations, is not necessarily to promote one policy or another but to sow dissent and conflict.

OpenAI identified five website fronts for Storm-2035, presenting as both progressive and conservative news outlets with convincing domain names like “evenpolitics.com.” The group used ChatGPT to draft several long form articles, including one alleging that “X censors Trump’s tweets,” which Elon Musk’s platform certainly has not done (if anything, Musk is encouraging former President Donald Trump to engage more on X).

An example of a fake news outlet running ChatGPT-generated content.
Image Credits: OpenAI

On social media, OpenAI identified a dozen X accounts and one Instagram account controlled by this operation. The company says ChatGPT was used to rewrite various political comments, which were then posted on these platforms. One of these tweets falsely, and confusingly, alleged that Kamala Harris attributes “increased immigration costs” to climate change, followed by “#DumpKamala.”

OpenAI says it did not see evidence Storm-2035’s articles were shared widely, and noted a majority of its social media posts received few to no likes, shares, or comments. This is often the case with these operations, which are quick and cheap to spin up using AI tools like ChatGPT. Expect to see many more notices like this as the election approaches and partisan bickering online intensifies.

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