OpenAI says it has identified two influence campaigns it links to China-linked actors using ChatGPT accounts to shape US public debate about artificial intelligence and related infrastructure and policy. In a report published Wednesday, the company says one campaign focused on US AI data centers, where accounts it considers “likely originating from China” generated AI-written and AI-imagery social media content and posted it in batches while posing as Americans. The messages amplified concerns that data center build-outs could raise electricity costs for the average household. OpenAI says it also found a second cluster of accounts tied to China that criticized US tariffs, using ChatGPT to generate content portraying tariffs as part of competition and referencing US political figures, including narratives supporting Donald Trump and avoiding discussion of Xi Jinping. OpenAI says it moved to ban the accounts involved. The company also states that while the operations appear to have used existing public concerns and aligned with backlash that has led to proposed moratoriums on data centers, it did not find evidence that the campaigns achieved substantial authentic engagement or significant effects on public opinion.
OpenAI says China-linked accounts used ChatGPT to sway US debate on AI data centers
OpenAI says it has identified two influence campaigns it links to China-linked actors using ChatGPT accounts to shape US public debate about artificial intelligence and related infrastructure and poli...
- OpenAI says it identifies two clusters of ChatGPT accounts “likely originating” in China.
- One campaign targets US opposition to AI data centers, including claims about higher electricity costs.
- Accounts are described as posing as Americans and using AI-generated content posted on social media.
- A second campaign focuses on US tariffs, generating content that supports narratives favorable to Donald Trump and avoids Xi Jinping.
- OpenAI says it banned the accounts and reports that the operations did not gain much authentic engagement.
OpenAI has disrupted two Chinese-linked influence operations using ChatGPT to shape US public debate on AI and tech policies. One campaign targeted AI data centers, while another criticized US tariffs. Despite attempts to manipulate discussions, OpenAI found no significant impact on public opinion, highlighting a new tactic by state-backed actors.
2 months agoOpenAI revealed Wednesday that influence operators, likely based in China, used ChatGPT accounts to push certain narratives about American artificial intelligence and technology policy debates. In a report, published Wednesday, the AI firm said it discovered two clusters of ChatGPT accounts "likely originating" from China, one of which created social media comments and pictures alleging...
2 months agoOpenAI has banned accounts connected to Chinese operatives that leveraged ChatGPT to create social media influence campaigns aimed at American discussions about tariffs and AI data centers, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The post Chinese Agents Caught Using ChatGPT to Influence U.S. Policy Debates appeared first on Breitbart.
2 months agoOpenAI has banned hundreds of ChatGPT accounts originating from China, which were used for covert influence campaigns. These operations targeted US tech and policy debates, including one campaign that blamed AI data centers for rising electricity bills and another that criticized US tariffs while favoring Donald Trump over Xi Jinping.
2 months agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. OpenAI said it caught the influence campaign because China-backed operatives were using ChatGPT to create content for the social media campaign. [...] OpenAI's researchers identified two clusters of ChatGPT users "likely originating from China" who used the AI chatbot to generate social media content "in support of apparent covert influence operations" promoting certain narratives about AI. This includes claims that data center build-outs are raising electricity costs for the average American family and that President Donald Trump has weaponized tariffs to keep the U.S. ahead in the global tech race. These accounts have since been banned, the report said. One cluster of users asked ChatGPT to generate images and comments pushing these narratives. These comments were then posted on social media by "batches of accounts" posing as Americans, [said Ben Nimmo, principal investigator of intelligence and investigations at OpenAI]. Another cluster identified by researchers used AI to generate social media content criticizing the Trump administration's tariffs as an attempt to "dominate technological competition." Prompts used for this campaign were submitted in Simplified Chinese and asked that AI-generated content not include Chinese President Xi Jinping and focus solely on Trump -- a possible tell that China was behind the operation, according to the report. Nimmo said that the influence campaign amplified existing public backlash in the U.S. against the creation of new AI data centers, which has resulted in dozens of proposed moratoriums at the local, state and national level. "Neither campaign appears to have gained much authentic engagement," Nimmo said. "They're important for what they reveal about the intentions of influence operators from China, and the narratives they're testing and seeking to amplify, but not for the impact." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
2 months agoOpenAI bans China-linked accounts allegedly behind data center propaganda.
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