OpenAI says suspected fake China-linked accounts tried to sway the debate about US data centers
- China used ChatGPT to generate comments, posts, and cartoons
- The content capitalized on issues surrounding data centers and tariffs
- The material was shared on social media to exacerbate existing tensions
OpenAI has banned a number of accounts that it says were linked to social media influence campaigns surrounding the growing opposition to data centers and President Trump’s tariffs on foreign imports.
The two campaigns, named “Data Center Bandwagon” and “Tech and Tariffs”, used ChatGPT to generate posts, comments and cartoons intended to sow political division in the US.
China’s intention was to deepen the divide by drumming up online engagement with AI generated posts, OpenAI said, but the campaigns failed to gain any traction.
China exacerbates existing tensions
The negative effects of data center construction and the additional costs imposed on consumers by tariffs are existing areas of contention within US society, but they weren’t narratives invented by China.
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