Forecasting potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns and how to reduce risk

OpenAI researchers collaborated with Georgetown University and Stanford to investigate how large language models could be misused for disinformation campaigns. The year-long research culminated in a report that outlines threats to information environments and proposes mitigation frameworks.

• →OpenAI partnered with academic institutions to study AI misuse in disinformation campaigns.
• →The research involved 30 experts from disinformation research, machine learning, and policy analysis.
• →A comprehensive report was produced after more than a year of collaborative research.
• →The study identifies specific threats that language models pose to information integrity.
• →The research provides a framework for analyzing and implementing potential mitigations.