OpenAI says China-based actors stoking opposition to AI data centres
Key takeaways
- AI company says Chat GPT accounts sought to ‘exploit and amplify existing public concerns’ about energy prices.
- While the campaign sought to “exploit and amplify existing public concerns” about energy prices, OpenAI found no evidence that it had a “meaningful” influence, the company said.
- “Foreign influence operations have long sought to latch onto existing local issues and sincerely held beliefs, using them to build credibility, amplify divisions or exacerbate public distrust,” the ChatGPT creator said.
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AI company says Chat GPT accounts sought to ‘exploit and amplify existing public concerns’ about energy prices.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A Chat GPT app icon is displayed on June 5, 2026 [Dado Ruvic/Reuters]By John Power Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026China-based actors are likely behind the use of Chat GPT for “covert influence operations” aimed at stoking opposition to data centres in the United States, Open AI has said.
In a research report released on Wednesday, the company behind the world’s most popular AI chatbot said it had banned a cluster of accounts likely based in China for attempting to “manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI”.