OpenAI has disrupted over 10 malicious campaigns utilizing ChatGPT in 2025, involving employment scams and influence operations, with state-sponsored actors from China, Russia, and Iran involved.
Four of the campaigns, including 'Sneer Review' and 'Helgoland Bite', were linked to China and Russia, focusing on social engineering, covert influence operations, and generating content to discredit opposition.
The campaigns involved tactics like spamming critical comments and generating divisive content to widen political divides in the US, with OpenAI banning multiple ChatGPT accounts associated with targeted influence campaigns.
OpenAI's actions highlight the misuse of AI in spreading misinformation online and the importance of discerning genuine human engagement from AI-generated content.