A Chinese keyboard warrior inadvertently leaked information about politically motivated influence operations through a ChatGPT account.

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OpenAI's February 2025 report reveals that a Chinese law enforcement-linked operator used ChatGPT to manage smear campaigns against CCP critics, including Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The operator used ChatGPT to draft discrediting plans, impersonate Japanese citizens via email, and generate internal status reports—inadvertently leaking details about a province-wide influence operation involving 300 participants and over 100 tactics. A separate Russian operation, 'No Bell,' used ChatGPT to produce geopolitical articles about sub-Saharan Africa, with 53 pieces published on real news sites under a fake academic byline. OpenAI banned both accounts, though the barrier to re-entry remains trivially low.

Chinese Police Use ChatGPT to Smear Japan PM Takaichi