OpenAI says China-linked accounts used ChatGPT to turn Americans against data centers
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WTF?! OpenAI has published a report claiming that China-based ChatGPT users asked the chatbot for ways to influence Americans' opinions of data centers in the US. But the campaigns had little to no effect, and it's not as if people's opinions needed much swaying, anyway.
OpenAI writes that the now-banned accounts were "supporting covert influence operations that promoted narratives in an attempt to manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and wider tech policies."
The first cluster of these accounts generated social media comments and images "claiming" that data center buildouts for AI were increasing electricity prices for average families. OpenAI has named this cluster the "Data Center Bandwagon" campaign.
From late 2025 to early 2026, the accounts asked ChatGPT to generate English-language short comments and images about data centers and AI applications...
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