{"slug": "russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy", "title": "Russia’s AI influence playbook reaches Italy", "summary": "OpenAI disrupted a covert influence operation likely originating in Russia that used ChatGPT to promote a fake think tank, copied academic work, and a 'sovereignty index' designed to portray Moscow favorably and Western countries as increasingly dependent, with Italy among the targeted countries.", "body_md": "OpenAI says it disrupted a covert influence operation likely originating in Russia that used ChatGPT to promote a fake think tank, copied academic work and a “sovereignty index” designed to portray Moscow favorably and Western countries as increasingly dependent. Italy was among the countries targeted by that narrative\n\nThe post [Russia’s AI influence playbook reaches Italy](https://decode39.com/16307/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy/) appeared first on [Decode39](https://decode39.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy", "canonical_source": "https://decode39.com/16307/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy/", "published_at": "2026-08-26 13:41:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 14:14:39.921017+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Russia", "Italy", "ChatGPT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russias-ai-influence-playbook-reaches-italy.jsonld"}}