Sen. Tom Cotton Asks DOJ to Investigate Alleged Chinese Influence on U.S. Data-Center Debate

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U.S. ” OpenAI issued a separate report the same day stating that Chinese-linked influence operations are targeting the American public in the debate over AI and seeking to create opposition to data centers. The company banned two clusters of ChatGPT accounts that appeared to originate in China for supporting a covert-influence operation spreading narratives to manipulate AI and technology policies.

One banned cluster produced social-media comments and images claiming AI data centers are increasing electricity prices for average families. U.S. tariffs as American efforts to dominate technology competition, with prompts specifying that content should not include Chinese President Xi Jinping and should only criticize President Trump.

U.S. S. ” Cotton noted that more than 4,000 data centers are already operating, mainly in Virginia, Texas, and California, with another 3,000 slated for construction.

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The report also said the CCP-linked network headed by Neville Roy Singham, based in Shanghai, has collaborated with Chinese official state media organs and for five years has produced content in the United States opposing AI infrastructure, labs, and export controls. U.S. data centers.

No entity in the Singham network has been charged under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Cotton requested that the Department of Justice launch a full investigation into the matters described in his letter. Tsinghua University professor Xue Lan and Zeng Yi from the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, an adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, were two of four panelists at a recent summit in Beijing between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.