# Operation "Trolling Stone": Russia-linked influence activity

DevFeed: [Operation "Trolling Stone": Russia-linked influence activity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/operation-trolling-stone-russia-linked-influence-activity-41325.md>)

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

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

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Actor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/actor.md>)

Tags: [actor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/actor.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes banning ChatGPT accounts linked to "Trolling Stone," a Russia-linked influence operation that used AI to generate social media comments and articles about the arrest of an alleged Russian cult leader in Argentina. The activity involved coordinated users and content published across Facebook, YouTube, Medium, and some Argentine news websites.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI banned accounts linked to a previously unreported operation we dubbed "Trolling Stone", using AI to generate comments about an alleged Russian cult leader's arrest in Argentina.