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| Chinese Agents Caught Using ChatGPT to Influence U.S. Policy Debates |
| 2026-06-12 |
| [Breitbart] OpenAI has banned accounts connected to Chinese operatives that leveraged ChatGPT to create social media influence campaigns aimed at American discussions about tariffs and AI data centers, the company disclosed on Wednesday. Axios reports that the banned Chinese campaigns, while apparently unsuccessful in gaining significant online traction, demonstrate how actors aligned with Beijing are experimenting with AI tools to magnify existing political and economic fault lines within the United States. OpenAI revealed that its investigators identified two distinct operations that employed ChatGPT to produce social media posts, comments, and political cartoons focused on American technology policy. The first operation, internally labeled “Data Center Bandwagon,” generated commentary and comic strips asserting that AI data centers were increasing electricity costs for American households. The second operation, called “Tech and Tariffs,” utilized ChatGPT to craft content and political cartoons criticizing the tariff policies of the Trump administration and the U.S. pursuit of technological supremacy on the global stage. “This was not a case of an influence operation creating a debate,” said Ben Nimmo, principal investigator on OpenAI’s intelligence and investigations team, in comments to reporters. “The debate existed already. This was an influence operation from China trying to interfere in it.” |
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