# OpenAI — Operation “No Bell”: Coordinated criticism of the US and allies

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-02-01
- Category: safety-policy-update
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-no-bell
- Record: https://forck.live/items/11687-operation-no-bell-coordinated-criticism-of-the-us-and-allies
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API

OpenAI banned a ChatGPT account linked to a previously unreported influence operation, dubbed "No Bell", that used AI to generate long-form articles and social media content criticizing the US and its allies for audiences across Africa. The account likely originated in Russia and produced content praising Russia while criticizing Ukraine, the UK, and the US. The operation involved publishing articles under a fake byline and using techniques to conceal AI generation.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-no-bell:

> OpenAI banned accounts linked to a previously unreported, likely Russia-origin operation we dubbed "No Bell", using AI to produce criticism of the US and its allies for audiences across Africa.

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