Google sues a Chinese scam ring that allegedly used Gemini, while OpenAI shows its ChatGPT was used for propaganda
Ourtake
Criminals and influence operators are using the same chatbots we use to write our emails. The grim part is the drafts are better now.
What happened
Google sued a Chinese cybercrime network, Outsider Enterprise, alleging it used Gemini to run financial fraud against hundreds of thousands of Americans via fake sites and messages. Days apart, OpenAI banned two ChatGPT clusters allegedly based in China that ran influence campaigns on US tech policy; the operations scored Category 1 on OpenAI's Breakout Scale.