“It is ironic that the two operations used American AI, rather than Chinese models," OpenAI writes.

State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over the effects of the technology.

OpenAI says it has banned two clusters of ChatGPT accounts it believes are operating from China, and that used its models for covert influence campaigns targeting U.S. tech and policy debates.

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The report's findings are likely to further fuel claims made by Republicans and pro-AI voices that foreign entities have tried to meddle in the debate over AI data centers.

OpenAI 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 ...

OpenAI has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting U.S. debates over tariffs and AI data centers, the company said Wednesday. Why it matters: ...

OpenAI has published a report detailing how China-linked influence campaigns against data centers used ChatGPT.