OpenAI runs an ongoing program to detect and disrupt people using its tools for harmful purposes — including running disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, and scams. It publishes regular public reports on what it finds, making it one of the first AI companies to do so. Since the beginning of 2024 it has disrupted more than 20 operations and deceptive networks worldwide.

OpenAI uses a combination of automated AI monitoring and human investigators to detect policy violations at scale. Documented cases include disrupting accounts linked to Russian state media networks, Chinese government-affiliated influence operations, North Korean IT worker schemes, and large-scale romance scam rings. The company shares threat intelligence with the security community and government partners. Reports are published quarterly and describe the tactics, platforms, and geographies involved. OpenAI has described this work as using AI as a force multiplier for its investigative teams.