▼State Influence Operations Industrialize With AI

Score history

Daily conviction score, 0 to 100. Higher means the thesis is more strongly corroborated.

Now 39 · -2 since Oct 11 · ranged 39 to 41

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Why the conviction moved

• Oct 10
  Strengthened +3

  OpenAI's report says Iran's 'Bogus Bylines' placed nearly 100 articles using ChatGPT-made personas, and it introduced a new top-tier severity rating for Russia's operation. Lab takedown reports are recurring and growing more elaborate as a way for labs to position themselves with governments.

• Oct 9
  Strengthened +4

  OpenAI banned Russian and Iranian influence networks that used its models alongside fake journalists and a Latin American think tank. It rated the Russian operation Category 5 on its six-point scale, the first time it has disrupted one at that level. This fits the pattern of AI-generated content paired with human fronts, with takedown reports recurring.

Source trail

• Supporting · October 10, 2026

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

  OpenAI's report says Iran's 'Bogus Bylines' placed nearly 100 articles using ChatGPT-made personas, and it introduced a new top-tier severity rating for Russia's operation. Lab takedown reports are recurring and growing more elaborate as a way for labs to position themselves with governments.

  AI Post

• Supporting · October 9, 2026

  OpenAI Bans Russian and Iranian Influence Networks That Used Fake Journalists and a Latin American Think Tank

  OpenAI banned Russian and Iranian influence networks that used its models alongside fake journalists and a Latin American think tank. It rated the Russian operation Category 5 on its six-point scale, the first time it has disrupted one at that level. This fits the pattern of AI-generated content paired with human fronts, with takedown reports recurring.

  OpenAI News