--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "27a6ae0297e5ef32d42ad2c961a791efdd1d85932fd5874e6be1c9419d718a5a" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/27a6ae02?lang=en" title: "Iran Used AI for US Naval Targeting in OpenAI's Most Serious Ops" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-09T23:53:29.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai","safety"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/update-iran-used-ai-for-us-naval-targeting-in-openais-most-serious-ops-dd72a39f","https://x.com/brianstelter/status/2108316421981917664","https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/2108701691117768963","https://x.com/BenjaminGoggin/status/2108184681858691440","https://x.com/lukOlejnik/status/2108434609302012226","https://x.com/lukOlejnik/status/2108435178590753002","https://x.com/JordanSchachtel/status/2108557177250079196","https://x.com/prestonstew_/status/2108507050288255095"] summary: "OpenAI and Anthropic banned accounts used by Iranian actors to develop targeting recommendations for attacks against US naval forces and deploy fake journalist personas to spread critical articles. OpenAI also disrupted a complex Russian influence operation that used a puppet think tank to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda." --- # Iran Used AI for US Naval Targeting in OpenAI's Most Serious Ops > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-09T23:53:29.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai, safety ## Summary OpenAI and Anthropic banned accounts used by Iranian actors to develop targeting recommendations for attacks against US naval forces and deploy fake journalist personas to spread critical articles\. OpenAI also disrupted a complex Russian influence operation that used a puppet think tank to spread anti\-Ukraine propaganda\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()