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OpenAI disrupts Iranian AI-assisted influence operation

OpenAI banned accounts linked to Iran's Storm-2035 operation that used ChatGPT to generate political articles and social posts for several covert media brands, while finding little evidence that the content gained meaningful engagement.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM39confidence 99/100

Why it moved the index

The incident provides verified state-linked use of a general AI service for covert influence content. Low observed engagement limits magnitude, while the detection and account disruption are important mitigating evidence.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 39 · confidence 99

    New August 2024 state-linked AI misuse incident and documented mitigation.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “OpenAI disrupts Iranian AI-assisted influence operation” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 39 and confidence 99 out of 100 in the misuse and incidents category.

  2. The DoomBench assessment of “OpenAI disrupts Iranian AI-assisted influence operation” is based on reporting from OpenAI and records the editorial rationale, source quality, attribution, and revision history.

  3. DoomBench summarizes “OpenAI disrupts Iranian AI-assisted influence operation” as follows: OpenAI banned accounts linked to Iran's Storm-2035 operation that used ChatGPT to generate political articles and social posts for several covert...

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