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flag OpenAI exposed a Chinese state-linked AI-driven campaign to harass dissidents abroad, including fake obituaries and coordinated disinformation, leading to user bans and global concern over AI misuse.

flag OpenAI has uncovered a global Chinese state-linked operation using AI tools like ChatGPT to plan and document efforts to intimidate dissidents abroad, including fabricating fake obituaries, spreading disinformation, and coordinating fake social media accounts. flag The investigation centered on a Chinese law enforcement official who used the AI as a digital journal to track campaigns targeting critics, including Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, though ChatGPT refused some requests. flag OpenAI verified real-world impacts, such as false death reports and coordinated online attacks, and banned the user. flag The findings reveal a large-scale, systematic effort involving hundreds of operatives and advanced digital tactics, highlighting growing concerns over AI misuse in transnational repression and geopolitical influence campaigns.

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