AI and machine learning
OpenAI shuts down an Iranian influence operation
Operators used ChatGPT to write around 100 articles that ran under fake bylines in US outlets.
Source published · In the Daily Brief of 11 October 2026
OpenAI says operators based in Iran used ChatGPT to write around 100 articles that were then published under fake bylines in at least 20 US outlets. The accounts involved have been banned.
The case shows machine-written text reaching readers through real publications, not only through social media accounts.