2024-08-19 17:38:44
Tehran once again accused of attempted manipulation. OpenAI removed accounts linked to Iran that used its ChatGPT chatbot to publish content intended to influence public opinion on several topics, including the presence of Israeli athletes at the Paris Olympics, the company said in a statement. Friday.
“This week, we identified and removed a group of ChatGPT accounts that were producing content for an Iranian counterintelligence project known as Storm-2035,” OpenAI announced. is released.
“polarizing messages”
Microsoft warned in August about Iran’s “Storm-2035” mission. The latter uses four sites posing as media to influence voters in the United States with “polarizing messages on issues such as US presidential candidates, LGBTQ rights and the Israel-Hamas war”, revealed the group. in a report.
Iran has been accused of seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries, particularly in the United States, where Tehran is suspected of being behind a hack targeting Donald Trump’s campaign.
OpenAI previously announced in February that it had released five state-linked groups “that seek to use AI services to support malicious online activities.” The company confirmed on Friday that it will continue to “investigate any further attempts to violate our policies.”
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