Chinese propaganda operatives allegedly exploited OpenAI's chatbot platform to amplify opposition to President Donald Trump's tariffs and influence U.S. discussions on data centers and artificial intelligence.
OpenAI's report identified two main clusters of activity.
The first, termed the "Data Center Bandwagon" campaign, created social media content suggesting that AI data center buildouts were causing electricity prices to rise for average families.
The second cluster, dubbed "Tech and Tariffs," produced comments and images portraying U.S. tariffs as efforts to gain an edge in technological competition.
The campaign was tied to a network of suspected inauthentic social media accounts that falsely claimed ChatGPT user data had been breached.
