OpenAI Blog
Jun 1, 2025
Operation “Uncle Spam”: US polarization influence activity
OpenAI banned China-origin accounts using AI to generate US political content and research people, movements, and online communities.
Operation "Spamouflage": China-linked influence activity
OpenAI banned accounts associated with the PRC-origin operation "Spamouflage", using AI to research social media activity, generate posts, and debug a previously unreported website.
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