OpenAI Bans Chinese Users for Using ChatGPT to Criticize Trump Tariffs and AI Data Centers
OpenAI identified two clusters of activity that used its chatbot to generate social media posts opposing U.S. tariffs and data-center expansion. The company banned the accounts involved.
BenzingaU.S. discussions on data centers and artificial intelligence. The report identified two main clusters of activity.
One cluster, called the “Data Center Bandwagon” campaign, produced posts claiming that AI data center construction was driving up electricity prices for average families. S. tariffs as measures to secure an advantage in technological competition.
OpenAI linked the activity to a network of suspected inauthentic social media accounts that also spread false claims of a ChatGPT user data breach. S. debate on AI and data centers at a time when several states are considering limits on new data center construction.
OpenAI banned a group of Chinese-speaking users who used the chatbot to produce slogans and cartoons critical of Trump’s trade and technology policy. The same users generated Chinese, Italian, and Japanese text for posting in comment sections of articles in those languages. The banned content was later posted on various platforms.
Benzinga reported the findings.
