OpenAI says Chinese cops used ChatGPT to plan and track smear ops against opponents

A ChatGPT user with links to Chinese law enforcement tried to use the AI chatbot to run smear campaigns targeting the Japanese prime minister and other critics of the Chinese Communist Party, according to OpenAI's latest report on malicious uses of its models.

The user, since banned by the AI giant, tried to convince the model to help them plan a smear campaign against Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, after she criticized the Chinese Communist Party for trampling human rights in Inner Mongolia.

These are basically covert influence operations and transnational repression

This occurred in mid-October, we're told. Some of the prompts included asking the model to post and amplify negative comments about her on social media, and use fake email accounts purporting to be foreign residents to send complaints about Takaichi to other Japanese politicians.

When ChatGPT refused, the user seemingly used other companies ...