OpenAI Says Iranian Group Used ChatGPT To Try To Influence US Election (axios.com) 27
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Artificial intelligence company OpenAI said Friday that an Iranian group had used its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content to be posted on websites and social media (Warning: source is paywalled; alternative source) seemingly aimed at stirring up polarization among American voters in the presidential election. The sites and social media accounts that OpenAI discovered posted articles and opinions made with help from ChatGPT on topics including the conflict in Gaza and the Olympic Games. They also posted material about the U.S. presidential election, spreading misinformation and writing critically about both candidates, a company report said. Some appeared on sites that Microsoft last week said were used by Iran to post fake news articles intended to amp up political division in the United States, OpenAI said.
The AI company banned the ChatGPT accounts associated with the Iranian efforts and said their posts had not gained widespread attention from social media users. OpenAI found "a dozen" accounts on X and one on Instagram that it linked to the Iranian operation and said all appeared to have been taken down after it notified those social media companies. Ben Nimmo, principal investigator on OpenAI's intelligence and investigations team, said the activity was the first case of the company detecting an operation that had the U.S. election as a primary target. "Even though it doesn't seem to have reached people, it's an important reminder, we all need to stay alert but stay calm," he said.
The AI company banned the ChatGPT accounts associated with the Iranian efforts and said their posts had not gained widespread attention from social media users. OpenAI found "a dozen" accounts on X and one on Instagram that it linked to the Iranian operation and said all appeared to have been taken down after it notified those social media companies. Ben Nimmo, principal investigator on OpenAI's intelligence and investigations team, said the activity was the first case of the company detecting an operation that had the U.S. election as a primary target. "Even though it doesn't seem to have reached people, it's an important reminder, we all need to stay alert but stay calm," he said.
Of course they did. We "intervene" too. So what? (Score:2, Troll)
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Exactly what an IranBot would say! :-)
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Our side does it, so we should just ignore it? How very Christian of you.
Ignore what? That somebody said something you didn't like? That foreigners talked? That human beings lied?
What part of this is the apocalypse again, exactly?
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Why is this headline in the past tense? (Score:2)
Welcome to the dystopian AI future.
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lol (Score:1)
Not possible (Score:2)
OpenAI found "a dozen" accounts on X
We were told ol Musty would clean up those nefarious bots on Shitter. You mean to say he [imgur.com] lied [imgur.com]?
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Although not explicitly tied to the Israel/Palestinian situation, just this week it was revealed that Trump and his presidential campaign organization got a grossly illegal $10 million campaign contribution from the Egyptian government just before his win in 2016. It was part of the last minute surge that lead to Trump's victory.
If you think that by pointing to overtly illegal actions by one side or the other will impart moral superiority
Pro Israel Aipac also works to influence elections (Score:2, Troll)
Aipac spent $23m on defeating just two members of Congress [theguardian.com]. So do not assume that this is just an Iranian thing.
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is what you're talking about related to this, or do you just hate Jews?
Why not both? It's well known AIPAC buys political officials to do Israel's bidding and help its genocide [cnn.com]. So why wouldn't it try to influence U.S. elections?
Just because someone says something mean about Israel doesn't mean a) they hate jews or b) are anti-semitic despite what Israel tries to get people to believe. Criticism of actions and policies do not equate to hating the group, only the actions and policies and those implementin
Re:Hmmm...interesting... (Score:4, Insightful)
...is what you're talking about related to this, or do you just hate Jews?
Criticising Israel's policies & actions isn't antisemitism as your comment appears to imply. Neither is being in opposition to Zionism (just another form of colonialism) & genocide, which many Jews also are. In the same way that criticising Saudi Arabia's policies & actions isn't anti-Islamic & many Muslims openly criticise the Saudi regime & their bombing of civilians, hospitals, & schools in Yemen.
Basically, committing war crimes & crimes against humanity is a reprehensible thing to do & worthy of everyone's condemnation regardless of whatever religion(s) they observe or god(s) they pray to.
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Big business should sue them (Score:1)
It must be terrible ... (Score:4, Insightful)
... to be so terrified that somebody, somewhere, is going to say stuff that you don't approve of.
WTH does it matter that they used ChatGPT to write it?
OpenAI need not worry about this going forward (Score:2)
Another 'New Knowledge' situation? (Score:1)
Where we are being knowingly lied to?
They've become lazy (Score:2)
In the past, they used humans to generate such content.
Misinformation (Score:3)
Yes, calling it genocide a "conflict" *is* misinformation.
Really? (Score:2)
I guess ChatGPT snitched on them.