An Israeli firm, STOIC was found generating comments that focused on India, criticized the ruling BJP party and praised the opposition Congress party.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, said they disrupted the use of their platforms by the said firm for many propaganda activities to generate pro-Congress and anti-BJP content and spread those online in an attempt to disrupt the election process.
According to a report published by OpenAI, the said operation used their models to generate large quantities of short comments that were then posted across Telegram, X, Instagram and other sites.
“A commercial company in Israel called STOIC was generating content about the Gaza conflict, and to a lesser extent the Histadrut trade unions organization in Israel and the Indian elections,” a report by OpenAI said.
OpenAI’s report, titled ‘AI and Covert Influence Operations: Latest Trends’ offers a sneak peek into how actors in cyberspace are using artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate the maases.
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar reacted to the revelation made by OpenAI and called it a “very dangerous threat to our democracy”. It is absolutely clear and obvious that @BJP4India was and is the target of influence operations, misinformation and foreign interference, being done by and/or on behalf of some Indian political parties. This is a very dangerous threat to our democracy. It is clear vested interests in India and outside are clearly driving this and needs to be deeply scrutinized/investigated and exposed,” he wrote in an X post.