OpenAI has confirmed that it has begun blocking accounts linked to Chinese and North Korean users who have been leveraging ChatGPT to monitor and influence social media discourse.
While OpenAI has not disclosed the exact number of accounts suspended, it noted that a significant portion of these accounts were used to track anti-China sentiment on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Additionally, some were employed to enhance speech-monitoring tools built using the LLaMA large language model, while a considerable number were used to generate fabricated foreign-language news content aimed at tarnishing the image of the United States.
Furthermore, OpenAI reported that numerous accounts, operating under the guise of Chinese companies, have been producing content favorable to Beijing or portraying the Chinese government in a positive light, strategically disseminating such narratives across Latin American social media platforms. There have also been instances where fabricated content was linked to recent financial fraud schemes in Cambodia.
Last year, OpenAI revealed that actors from China, Russia, Iran, and certain individuals in Israel had exploited ChatGPT to generate misleading content designed to shape public opinion. Moreover, AI-powered tools were used to refine bots and related scripts for spreading disinformation.
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