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State-backed hacker groups from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran have used AI tools like ChatGPT to conduct cyberattacks, spread disinformation, create fake profiles, and perpetrate fraud, undermining global cybersecurity and social trust. OpenAI recently dismantled ten major malicious networks abusing its AI systems.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly describes AI systems being used maliciously by state-sponsored hacker groups to perpetrate online fraud, spread false information, and conduct cyberattacks, all of which have caused real harm. The harms include financial losses to victims, societal polarization, and threats to cybersecurity, fitting the definitions of harm to communities and violations of rights. The involvement of AI in these malicious campaigns is direct and central. The legal issues around data use also point to rights violations. Hence, this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.[AI generated]