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OpenAI banned a Russian account cluster running a fake Israeli think tank and a 'sovereignty index'
OpenAI disclosed on 2026-08-25 that it banned a cluster of Russia-origin ChatGPT accounts promoting the International Burke Institute, a self-described expert community claiming to be based in Israel, and a 'sovereignty index' built to praise Russia and denigrate Western countries. The accounts' main use of ChatGPT was generating social posts driving traffic to IBI articles, surfaced on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Substack and Telegram, with many of the articles plagiarized or misattributed academic work. OpenAI does not serve Russia, so the operators used VPNs to disguise location. OpenAI describes the campaign as previously unreported.
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