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OpenAI disrupts Russia-origin covert influence campaign

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Aug 25, 2026
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OpenAI said it banned a cluster of Russia-origin ChatGPT accounts used to support a covert influence operation around a fake Israel-based think tank and a sovereignty index favorable to Russia.

Key points:

  • The operation promoted the International Burke Institute, which presented itself as an expert community based in Israel.
  • OpenAI says the broader campaign included copied or misattributed academic work and efforts to disguise Russian origins.
  • The case is another example of AI tools being used in influence operations and platform abuse.

Source: https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia/

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