By bne Tehran bureau Artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced on August 16 that it has disrupted what it said is a “covert Iranian influence operation” that is using its popular ChatGPT software to generate content aimed at influencing public opinion in the run-up to the US presidential election. The company stated that it had ‘banned accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation using ChatGPT to generate content focused on multiple topics, including the US presidential campaign.’ Despite claiming the attacks were of Iranian origin, the organisation has failed to show any further i…