OpenAI banned Russia-linked ChatGPT accounts used to mass-produce multilingual influence content

Operation “Fish Food”: Russia-origin content farm activity

OpenAI disclosed 'Fish Food' on Feb 1, banning ChatGPT accounts tied to the Russia-linked Rybar network. The accounts used Russian prompts to mass-generate content in English, Spanish, and other languages, posted via unaffiliated Telegram and X accounts. One batch of 7 tweets hit over 150K views for the top post from an account with 600K+ followers. The actor also drafted Africa election-interference proposals, with the priciest plan budgeted at $600K a year.

Why it matters: An official OpenAI disclosure of a malicious-use case with a named operation and adversary entity — high information density. The deduction is because this is a February re-publication, so timeliness is weakened, and it's an excerpt from a broader safety report rather than a s...