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StableTechnologyReported 2026-08-25

AI company bans ChatGPT accounts in response to covert influence campaign

An AI company has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts in response to a new covert influence campaign from Russia, highlighting the growing threat of AI in political manipulation.

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Evidence

  • OOpenAI NewsCompany2026-08-25
    We recently banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts originating in Russia that were being used to promote the International Burke Institute (IBI), a self-described “expert community” based in Israel. What began as an investigation into AI-generated social media posts led us to a mu…
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  • OOpenAI NewsCompany2026-08-25
    We banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that very likely originated in Russia. The operators prompted in Russian to generate social media comments that were posted on Substack, Telegram, X, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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