# OpenAI says Russian and Iranian networks used ChatGPT to run fake journalists and a Latin American think tank

OpenAI gave Russia's "Dark Clark" operation a severity rating of 5 on its 6-point scale, the first time its reports have used that category, and said Iran's "Bogus Bylines" placed nearly 100 articles.

- Published: 2026-10-10T06:23:46.359Z
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OpenAI says it shut down two influence operations, one attributed to Russia and one to Iran. According to the company, both used ChatGPT and other AI tools to build fake journalist personas and covert think tanks, and both got content into…

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