Most of the posts and articles spotted by OpenAI received little pickup from real people, the company said.

Storm-1679 also tapped at least one Instagram account to spread AI-generated content, per OpenAI.

Those screenshots featured view counts ranging from 8 to 207 views and hardly any likes.

OpenAI’s screenshot of X posts generated with ChatGPT to influence the election.

OpenAI’s screenshot of X posts generated with ChatGPT to influence the election. © OpenAI

Reports of online foreign interference in U.S. elections are now virtually commonplace.

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