Description: OpenAI’s new image generator, 4o, was reportedly used to produce realistic fraudulent documents, including fake restaurant receipts, prescriptions for controlled substances, and potentially other identity or financial documents. Users demonstrated how the model could be prompted to bypass safety restrictions to be misused for expense fraud, medical forgery, and other various forms of document falsification.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI developed an AI system deployed by scammers and Fraudsters, which harmed Regulatory agencies , Pharmacists , Law enforcement , healthcare providers , General public , Expense management platforms and Employers.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Prescription validation systems , OpenAI 4o image generator , Expense reporting systems and Document verification systems
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1018
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-03-31
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
OpenAI's latest image-generating 4o model is surprisingly good at generating text inside images, a feat that had proved particularly difficult for its many predecessors.
And that makes it a powerful tool for generating images of fraudulent …
GPT-4o from OpenAI has received attention because of its advanced visual skills and also because of its dangerous misuse potential. GPT-4o stands apart from previous models because it produces text within images that looks authentic and rea…
Variants
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