The company said its efforts, dating to late 2025 and early 2026, appeared to have had little or no effect, but it is another indication of how central generative AI is becoming in digital influence campaigns - even ones aimed against AI companies themselves.

OpenAI found Chinese-linked accounts creating AI-generated posts about data centre electricity costs. The campaign had little reach. The debate is real anyway.

The campaigns show how pro-China actors are testing AI tools.

Chinese Embassy in Washington opposes 'groundless attacks or smears'