OpenAI however found that an Israeli commercial company was trying to influence the elections in India a few days after polling began in April.
OpenAI, however, found that an Israeli commercial company was trying to influence the elections in India a few days after polling began in April.
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While the Israeli company tried to impact elections in India, OpenAI said it even found that the group posted pro-Israel content and anti-Hamas sentiments were circulated.
“Open-source research in February described this network criticising the United Nations (UN) relief agency in Palestine, UNRWA…For-hire Israeli threat actor posting anti-Hamas, anti-Qatar, pro-Israel, anti-BJP, and pro-Histadrut content across the internet,” OpenAI’s report stated.
OpenAI however found that an Israeli commercial company was trying to influence the elections in India a few days after polling began in April.
Sam Altman-led OpenAI, the US-based artificial intelligence company, in a first of its kind report said that it disrupted some activity that focused on influencing the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in India, the largest democracy in the world.
India is in the midst of one of an election wherein the incumbent government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, together known as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), is competing with Indian National Congress (INC) and others, popularly known as the INDIA alliance.
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The results are slated to be announced on June 4.
OpenAI, however, found that an Israeli commercial company was trying to influence the elections in India a few days after polling began in April.
“In May, we disrupted some activity focused on the Indian elections less than 24 hours after it began…the network began generating comments that focused on India, criticised the ruling BJP party and praised the opposition Congress party,” OpenAI said in its report.
Ministers from the ruling party were quick to react to the report and called the actions a threat to India’s democracy.
“It is absolutely clear and obvious that (the) BJP was and is the target of influence operations, misinformation and foreign interference, being done by and/or on behalf of some Indian political parties,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) posted on X (formerly Twitter).
“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 scrutinised/investigated and exposed,” the minister added.
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The minister, however, said that platforms like OpenAI should have been quicker to react. “My view at this point is that these platforms could have released this much earlier, and not so late when elections are ending,” he said in his X post.
While the Israeli company tried to impact elections in India, OpenAI said it even found that the group posted pro-Israel content and anti-Hamas sentiments were circulated.
“Open-source research in February described this network criticising the United Nations (UN) relief agency in Palestine, UNRWA…For-hire Israeli threat actor posting anti-Hamas, anti-Qatar, pro-Israel, anti-BJP, and pro-Histadrut content across the internet,” OpenAI’s report stated.
