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Feb 1, 2025
Operation “Sponsored Discontent”: Influence activity
OpenAI banned likely China-origin accounts using AI to generate English social posts and Spanish-language articles.
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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