Iran Used ChatGPT to Plant Articles in Media

Why even bother? The media can do this sort of thing better.

I don’t know why they bothered. The media’s entire output pretty much consists of narratives attacking the Iran War. But I suppose their bosses told them they had to go out and do something because it would be too embarrassing for Iran’s propogandists to admit that there was nothing left for them to do because the New York Times, the Washington Post and MSNOW were doing their jobs for them.

Good effort, guys, but you can really give the ChatGPT a rest. Our media has got this.

Operatives in Iran used OpenAI models and fake personas to help plant news articles critical of the US war against Iran in multiple US media outlets, OpenAI said on Thursday.

About a dozen outlets around the world ran roughly 100 articles by seven fake journalists, OpenAI said in a blog post. The firm said it banned ChatGPT accounts that were prompting the AI tool in Farsi to tweak articles and editorial pitches, and generate social media comments.

Some of the AI-assisted articles had provocative titles, including, “Is America’s Iran Policy Being Privatized? The Jared Kushner Question,” and “The Iran War and the Collapse of Western Moral Credibility.”

Seriously, why even bother? The media can do this sort of thing better.

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