A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to a new report from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
This official didn’t just expose state secrets. They were using ChatGPT in the dumbest way I can imagine:
ChatGPT served as a journal for the Chinese operative to keep track of the covert network, while much of the network’s content was generated by other tools and spread through social media accounts and websites.
A journal. A freaking journal.
From a chatbot that is known to change text on a whim.
This official didn’t just expose state secrets. They were using ChatGPT in the dumbest way I can imagine:
A journal. A freaking journal.
From a chatbot that is known to change text on a whim.