Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/09/chatgpt-users-iran-planted-ai-generated-articles-us-news-media/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019455
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