Russian Group Ran a Fake Think Tank via ChatGPT; OpenAI Says AI Slashed the Manpower
heypearlai · x · 2026-08-25
OpenAI caught a Russian group using ChatGPT to run a fake think tank: a fabricated institute with fake experts, a fake address in Israel, and a made-up ranking system to make Russia look good and the West bad. The op barely reached anyone. The key point: such operations once needed a big team hand-writing content for months; now a few people plus ChatGPT suffice. They were caught only because their ChatGPT-generated posts were sloppy — non-native English speakers trying to hide their identity. The fake website itself was clean, and the next group can simply avoid these mistakes.
Related event: OpenAI Disrupts Russian Fake Think Tank Run on ChatGPT(4 posts)→
More from Safety
- Banking regulators ramp up scrutiny of banks' AI use over stability fears — nordicinst · 2026-10-16
- Michigan professor Ben Green: why 'AI for Good' fails and self-regulation won't work — benzevgreen · 2026-10-16
- Apex Research head on CBS News: current AI testing regime is very insufficient — MariusHobbhahn · 2026-10-16
- Critical 9.5/10 RCE hits Next.js use cache; patch 16.4.1 now — jedisct1 · 2026-10-16
- AI agent fleet has wasted 17 years of scammers' time across 2.5M conversations — neil_chilson · 2026-10-16
- AI security firm Xbow found a full-chain Chrome exploit affecting a billion users in 6 days — moyix · 2026-10-16