The chatbot ChatGPT has been used by a network of Iranian accounts to generate texts aimed at influencing the US presidential election, according to the ChatGPT developer OpenAI. “We banned accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation using ChatGPT to generate content focused on multiple topics, including the US presidential campaign,” the company said in a statement issued on Friday. “We identified and took down a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that were generating content for a covert Iranian influence operation identified as Storm-2035,” the statement said. “We have seen no indication tha…