Politico reported on 28 October that OpenAI is standing up an Election Operations Center this week, to run through the end of vote counting after the 3 November US midterms. Josh Lawson, head of civic and strategic risk, oversees it; hundreds of employees from several divisions will take reports of models behaving unexpectedly and investigate accounts suspected of violating OpenAI's rules, focusing on its own products including ChatGPT. On 8 October the company had announced bans on accounts tied to an Iran-linked operation that invented seven journalist personas and placed about 100 articles, and a Russia-linked operation posing as a research organisation targeting Latin American audiences.
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AI & Security Observatory（2026-10-28）「OpenAI、米中間選挙に向け「選挙運用センター」を設置と報道 開票終了まで数百人体制で異常挙動と規約違反を監視」『AI & Security Observatory』、第1.0版、最終更新2026-10-29。https://ai-security-observatory.org/ja/brief/brief-20261029-16/
AI & Security Observatory (2026-10-28). OpenAI reported to stand up an Election Operations Center for the US midterms, staffed by hundreds through the end of counting . AI & Security Observatory, version 1.0. Updated 2026-10-29. https://ai-security-observatory.org/en/brief/brief-20261029-16/
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