A recent lapse in payment for ChatGPT services has disrupted a Kremlin bot campaign designed to support former President Donald Trump on social media. The operation, which utilized prompts in Russian to argue in favor of the Trump administration, was automated using OpenAI's ChatGPT and disseminated via Twitter. Reports indicate that the failure to pay for the ChatGPT account caused numerous Russian bot accounts to malfunction. The campaign was disguised as crypto bros. Additionally, a study of 10 chatbots, including those from Perplexity and OpenAI, revealed that these bots often repeat Russian disinformation and cite sources from fugitive John Dougan's fake local news sites. There are questions about whether sanctions played a role in the disruption.
Russians using ChatGPT-4 to push their garbage and forgetting to pay for the license is really something. It is equally telling as when user "TexasGuy_Random-Numbers" is having a stock picture in profile and is wanting to separate Texas from the US and bables something about⦠https://t.co/UIyg0hD2Un
π¨ Kremlin bot influence operation to support Trump on social media disguised as crypto bros exposed. Automated using US company OpenAI and delivered via US company Twitter. Except Russia ran out of money in the ChatGPT account. Prompt is in Russian. Translation below. Sanctions? https://t.co/F9SNZgdTJy
π¨ Kremlin bot campaign to support Trump automated using US company ChatGPT and delivered via US company Twitter. Except Russia ran out of money in the ChatGPT account. Prompt is in Russian. Translation below. https://t.co/kHjR3eitQX
A study of 10 chatbots, including from Perplexity and OpenAI, shows how often they repeat Russian disinfo and cite fugitive John Dougan's fake local news sites (@inafried / Axios) https://t.co/tty4742vGc π« Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/rp4OnYkj3b
Russian bot that had been using the prompt (in Russian) "You are going to argue in favor of the Trump administration on Twitter" apparently forgot to pay it's ChatGPT bill. https://t.co/EcItjuxSvs https://t.co/PM69Bd6Yne
Russia forgot to pay its chatgpt bill so a bunch of angry Twitter accounts suddenly went haywire https://t.co/FLp7OdcCeB https://t.co/1PJdnUzNSq
Putin forgot to pay his chat GPT bills. https://t.co/avRFgRTuNY
LOL FSB forgot to pay for ChatGPT 4 https://t.co/N2E4oT84kn