politicsFriday, October 9
OpenAI's takedown of Russian and Iranian influence campaigns using ChatGPT is the day's real story, a concrete example of generative AI being weaponized at scale, not just theorized about. Meanwhile, the Holborn and St Pancras by-election results are in, and they're weirder than the headlines suggest.
The threat model around generative AI and disinformation has been abstract for years. Today, OpenAI showed receipts.
OpenAI banned Russian and Iranian accounts that used ChatGPT to generate false narratives that got picked up by news outlets and even prompted responses from MEPs. This is one of the first clear proofs that state actors are actively using LLMs for influence operations, not just experimenting.
Labour held Holborn and St Pancras, but the real story is how close the Greens got, and the fight that's already broken out over Zionism.
Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won with 45%, but the Greens surged 22 points to 33%, a massive swing in a safe Labour seat. The by-election was triggered by Starmer stepping down, so the result says more about internal party dynamics than national trends.
Andy Burnham is publicly demanding Green leader Polanski reverse his party's motion calling Zionism racism. Two outlets are covering this, and it's the first real test of whether the Greens' internal policy fights will bleed into their electoral credibility.
This win is historically unusual, only the third time a Labour government has gained a by-election seat while in office, and it defied expectations that Polanski would hold it. The numbers suggest Labour's base is still turning out, but the Greens are consolidating the protest vote.
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