February 27, 2026

ChatGPT blocked accounts linked to 'Rybár' Z-channel

ChatGPT blocked a group of accounts linked to the "Rybár" Z-channel, according to an OpenAI report on abuses of its AI models. The document states that the blocked accounts translated and generated content that later appeared on the "Rybár" Telegram channel. Publications for which ChatGPT was used to create. Photo: OpenAI. "Also, they apparently served as a content farm for a broader network of accounts on X and Telegram that had no apparent connection to 'Rybár'," OpenAI noted. In some cases, the blocked accounts generated a series of short English-language comments for social networks, which later appeared on X and Telegram, OpenAI added. Comments for which ChatGPT was used to create. Photo: OpenAI. The report also states that one of the blocked accounts asked ChatGPT to draft a commercial proposal for conducting an election interference campaign in Africa on behalf of "Rybár". The chatbot was asked to translate into English a list of services that "Rybár" could offer: managing accounts on Telegram and X, paid publications in foreign media, and "journalistic investigations" in two languages. "Rybár" remained an anonymous Telegram channel for a long time, but in July 2022, The Bell linked it to Mikhail Zvinchuk, a former employee of the Ministry of Defense press service. The latter soon confirmed his authorship.