Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in US media, generate anti-US war narratives: OpenAI reveals

Iranian operatives used artificial intelligence tools to help publish articles critical of the United States’ war against Iran in multiple media outlets, OpenAI said on October 8, raising fresh concerns about the use of AI to amplify foreign influence campaigns.

According to OpenAI’s findings, the operation involved seven fake journalists whose articles appeared in about a dozen publications worldwide.