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OpenAI bans Russian, Iranian ChatGPT propaganda networks

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On file as a development Coverage AugSepOctNov today Oct 8, 2026: OpenAI bans Russian, Iranian ChatGPT propaganda networksOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI shuts down Russian and Iranian influence operations using ChatGPTOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI bans Russian, Iranian accounts over influence efforts : NPROct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaignsOct 9, 2026: OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using 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