[OpenAI Discloses Two AI-Assisted Covert Influence Operations: Using AI to Create 'Fake Identities' for Content Dissemination] Odaily Planet Daily News – OpenAI released a report stating that it has recently banned two groups conducting covert influence operations (IO) using its models. These operations combined AI with traditional techniques to create 'fake front' entities and false identities. OpenAI revealed that a Russia-linked operation, 'Dark Clark,' controlled a fake think tank called the 'Social Research Center (SRC),' suspected of using ChatGPT to draft internal reports, generate content, and carry out influence activities in Latin America. This operation was assessed by OpenAI as Level 5 on the IO Breakout Scale, marking the first case at this level since OpenAI began disclosing such operations. OpenAI stated that AI has not changed the fundamental patterns of these influence operations but has enhanced their scale, efficiency, linguistic capabilities, and content production capacity, enabling attackers to more easily create fake identities, fabricate content, and disseminate information through legitimate media channels.