PRC-Linked Accounts Reportedly Used ChatGPT in Covert Campaigns Targeting U.S. AI Policy Debates
OpenAI reported that two clusters of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from China used its models to support apparent covert influence operations about U.S. AI and technology policy. The accounts reportedly generated a variety of media and social media comments about AI data centers, electricity costs, tariffs, and U.S. tech competition before OpenAI banned them.
- Date it happened
- 2026-06-10
- Organisation involved
- People's Republic of China-linked influence operators, OpenAI users, Information manipulation actors in China, Information manipulation actors, ChatGPT users
- Product, system or model
- X (Twitter), Synthetic media generation technology, Social media platforms, Large language models, Image generation technology, ChatGPT, Chatbots
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