Overview

• OpenAI banned accounts linked to Chinese users who used ChatGPT to refine code for an AI surveillance tool monitoring anti-China sentiment on global social media platforms.
• The surveillance operation targeted protests against human rights violations and reportedly shared findings with Chinese authorities and embassies abroad.
• Pro-China actors used ChatGPT to generate and publish 18 Spanish-language op-eds critical of the U.S. in Latin American media outlets, often under a company byline.
• North Korean actors allegedly employed ChatGPT to create fake resumes and online profiles in an attempt to secure fraudulent jobs at Western companies.
• A separate Cambodian financial fraud operation utilized ChatGPT to translate and generate social media content, further highlighting the diverse misuse of AI tools.