Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia

OpenAI disrupted a covert influence operation originating from Russia that used banned ChatGPT accounts to generate social media content promoting a fake "expert community" website. The operation involved AI-generated posts across multiple platforms alongside non-AI activities including copied academic articles with false attributions and a "sovereignty index" designed to portray Russia favorably while criticizing Western countries. The campaign was distinguished by its elaborate construction, including fake expert credentials and machine-translated content that revealed its Slavic language origins. Although the operation reached relatively small audiences, it represents an unusually complex Russia-linked influence campaign that OpenAI detected and shut down.