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Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT

Washington Post Tech Friday 09 October 2026, 09:00 UTC By Miriam Waldvogel 1 min read
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“The bill will follow Americans beyond the fighting itself,” an opinion piece in the Port St. Joe Star, a tiny Florida weekly newspaper, warned of the Iran war last month. Democracy Dies in Darkness Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT About 100 AI-generated articles were published across at least 20 news outlets, OpenAI said.

“The bill will follow Americans beyond the fighting itself,” an opinion piece in the Port St. Joe Star, a tiny Florida weekly newspaper, warned of the Iran war last month. Democracy Dies in Darkness Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT About 100 AI-generated articles were published across at least 20 news outlets, OpenAI said. 6 min
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