# Operation "Date Bait": AI-enabled scam targeting loveseekers

DevFeed: [Operation "Date Bait": AI-enabled scam targeting loveseekers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/operation-date-bait-ai-enabled-scam-targeting-loveseekers-41319.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-date-bait>)

Published: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [ads](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ads.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [engagement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engagement.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [scam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scam.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [structured](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/structured.md>), [tasks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tasks.md>), [telegram](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telegram.md>), [translation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/translation.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes Operation "Date Bait," in which accounts likely originating in Cambodia used ChatGPT and API access for a semi-automated romance and task scam targeting Indonesian men. The operation used translated and emotionally manipulative outreach across advertisements, an AI chatbot, Telegram, and dating platforms.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI banned accounts that very likely originated in Cambodia and used AI for scam outreach to Indonesian loveseekers, including translation and engagement.