OpenAI Blog
Jun 1, 2025
Operation “High Five”: Philippines political comments
OpenAI banned accounts using AI to generate comments about Philippine politics and public officials across social platforms.
Corrupt Comment: Anti-corruption foundation criticism
OpenAI banned accounts using AI to generate comments criticizing a Russian anti-corruption foundation and related figures.
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Tort Report: Abusive reporting activity
OpenAI banned accounts using AI to draft abusive reports and complaints targeting Vietnamese public figures and platforms.
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"Bad Grammar": Russian-linked Telegram comment activity
OpenAI banned accounts linked to a previously unreprorted Russia-origin operation we dubbed "Bad Grammar", using AI to generate English- and Russian-language Telegram comments on Ukraine, Moldova, Baltic, and US politics.
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Cyber Operation: Russian-speaking malware tooling
OpenAI banned accounts likely linked to Russian-speaking criminal groups, using AI to build malware loaders, evasion layers, credential-theft scripts, and C2 infrastructure.
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Operation “VAGue Focus”: Social engineering and influence activity
OpenAI banned accounts using AI for social engineering, surveillance-themed research, and influence activity targeting critics.
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Operation “ScopeCreep”: Russian-speaking malware development
OpenAI banned Russian-language accounts using AI to build malware, refine loaders, and troubleshoot cyber tooling.
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Operation “Sneer Review”: China-origin influence activity
OpenAI banned accounts using AI to generate posts criticizing a Taiwanese social media influencer and related US topics.
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Oct 1, 2024
Operation “Stop News”: Russia-origin influence activity
OpenAI banned Russia-origin “Stop News” accounts using AI to generate multilingual articles and posts targeting Ukraine and the West.
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Oct 1, 2024
Hoax: Fake Russian “troll” error message
OpenAI banned an account that likely originated in the US and used AI to create a fake ChatGPT error message claiming to detect “Russian troll” activity.
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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.
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Operation "Doppelganger": Russian influence activity targeting Ukraine
OpenAI banned accounts associated with the Russia-origin operation "Doppelganger", using AI to generate anti-Ukraine social media comments, translations, and website copy across several languages.
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Scam operations: Online fraud networks
OpenAI banned accounts tied to online fraud networks using AI to support scam scripts, impersonation, translation, and victim engagement.