Russia used ChatGPT to run a covert influence campaign pushing pro-Kremlin narratives across the West

OpenAI has disrupted a covert Russian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate social media posts by banning a cluster of accounts. The operators accessed the platform through VPNs from Russia and promoted the fictitious "International Burke Institute," including German-language Telegram content critical of the EU and the German government. The campaign's reach stayed small, but OpenAI…