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title: "Russian Influence Network Used ChatGPT to Masquerade as Academic Experts"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/russian-influence-network-used-chatgpt-to-masquerade-as-academic-experts/
date: 2026-08-26
modified: 2026-08-26
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and circulated pro-Russian analysis across social media."
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
word_count: 22
---

# Russian Influence Network Used ChatGPT to Masquerade as Academic Experts

The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and circulated pro-Russian analysis across social media.