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Iranian campaign planted AI-written fake articles in U.S. publications

Original: Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT

An Iranian influence operation reportedly used ChatGPT to generate fake articles and place them in legitimate U.S. news publications, according to reporting by The Washington Post. The campaign allegedly relied on artificial intelligence to mass-produce misleading content that passed as genuine journalism. The disclosure has renewed concerns about AI tools enabling foreign disinformation campaigns to infiltrate trusted Western media outlets at scale.

Why now: The Washington Post's new report on AI-assisted foreign disinformation in mainstream U.S. outlets has just been published.

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