Researchers identify Twitter botnet likely using ChatGPT for crypto promotion
Researchers at Indiana University identified a botnet of 1,140 Twitter accounts, dubbed 'fox8', that appears to use ChatGPT to generate human-like content promoting crypto, blockchain, and NFT websites. The accounts were discovered because they accidentally posted the phrase 'as an ai language model' in tweets. The researchers warn that this botnet is likely the tip of the iceberg and that LLM-powered bots could be used for disinformation and political manipulation.
- Date it happened
- 2022-10-01
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
This incident was imported from techpolicy.press. Our additions to it — the structured fields, the translation, the checks against other reports — are published under the same licence.
This is a record of what was reported, not a finding that anyone broke the law. If it names your organisation and you believe it is wrong, the corrections process is free and open to everyone.