[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-openai-shuts-down-fake-journalist-ai-influence-campaigns":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10765,"openai-shuts-down-fake-journalist-ai-influence-campaigns","OpenAI Shuts Down Fake Journalist AI Influence Campaigns","OpenAI says it dismantled two influence campaigns that used AI to fabricate journalist personas and a think tank pushing geopolitical narratives.","OpenAI pulled the plug on two AI-powered propaganda operations that built fake journalists and a phony think tank to peddle geopolitical talking points.\n\nThe company said it identified and disrupted two separate influence operations that relied on its AI tools. One operation invented journalist personas - complete with bylines - to produce and distribute content. The other set up a false-front think tank, using AI to generate reports and commentary designed to look like independent analysis. Both were aimed at spreading geopolitical messaging rather than selling a product or running a financial scam.\n\nThis is the latest entry in OpenAI's running tally of busted influence operations, and it underlines a quieter truth about generative AI: the scariest misuse case isn't a chatbot giving bad advice, it's AI manufacturing the appearance of independent voices. A fake think tank with convincing output is cheap to spin up and hard for readers to tell from the real thing.\n\nWhether OpenAI is catching a meaningful share of this activity or just the sloppy operators who get caught is the harder question - and one the company's self-reported takedowns can't really answer.","[\"openai\",\"disinformation\",\"ai safety\",\"geopolitics\"]","2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","2026-10-09T11:23:20.083Z","2026-10-09T11:23:22.600Z","published",null,[],"security",[26,27,28,29],"openai","disinformation","ai safety","geopolitics",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"OpenAI","https:\u002F\u002Fopenai.com\u002Findex\u002Fdisrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6532,"2026-10-08T18:19:45.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":24,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Security",922,"2026-10-08T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy","policy",478,"2026-10-08T15:24:40.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",471,"2026-10-08T18:48:11.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",227,"2026-10-08T18:23:28.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Science","science",188,"2026-10-08T15:28:36.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",180,"2026-10-08T18:21:59.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Startups","startups",117,"2026-10-08T16:45:00.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Software","software",114,"2026-10-08T17:57:01.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"General","general",64,"2026-10-08T18:36:05.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Gaming","gaming",57,"2026-10-08T15:18:41.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",34,"2026-10-08T14:00:22.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]