#Russia invented a completely made-up ‘expert’ - ‘Dr Manuel Godsin’ - complete with a stolen photo from a real Russian guy, fake PhD claims, and zero real existence.

They used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to ghostwrite dozens of pro-Russia, anti-West articles under his name, planting them in #Africa newsrooms across #SouthAfrica, #Kenya, #Nigeria & more.

73 publications. 27 sites. 8 countries.

https://disinfo.africa/warning-bells-openais-operation-no-bell-86aa3c113170