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Low-Impact Disinformation Campaigns Based in Russia, China, Iran, IsraelOpenAI said it disrupted covert influence operations including from China and Russia that attempted to use its artificial intelligence services to manipulate public opinion. The operations do not appear to have made much impact on audience engagement or in spreading manipulative messages.

Treasury Department Says Botnet Users Committed Fraud, Made Bomb ThreatsThe U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Chinese national Yunhe Wang for his role in directing the 911 S5 botnet, which uses hacked residential computers as proxies and is often used to commit fraud. The government also sanctioned a co-conspirator and a real estate business associate.