OpenAI’s threat intelligence team identified two likely China-linked influence activity clusters that used ChatGPT to generate anti-data center and anti-tariff content aimed at inflaming U.S. debates. The campaigns posed as Americans on X and YouTube, used VPNs, and showed little evidence of achieving meaningful engagement. #OpenAI #ChatGPT #DataCenterBandwagon #DonaldTrump #XiJinping
Keypoints
- OpenAI tracked two distinct activity clusters likely originating in China.
- One cluster, “Data Center Bandwagon,” spread claims that data centers were driving up electricity prices.
- Another cluster used ChatGPT to portray tariffs as a tool for global technological control.
- The operators used VPNs, prompted in simplified Chinese, and posed as Americans on social platforms.
- OpenAI said the campaigns showed little real-world traction and no signs of meaningful success.
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