OpenAI Admits To Spying On Its Own Users |
OpenAI Admits To Spying On Its Own Users
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OpenAI admitted to spying on its own users during an investigation into whether some users were actually Chinese Communist Party sock puppets using the app to create anti-AI and anti-data center content to be reposted on U.S. social media platforms.
The AI giant published a report Wednesday outlining their suspicions that “clusters” of CCP-linked ChatGPT users were a part of an influence campaign to spread anti-AI propaganda. Earlier in June, House Republicans had called on the Trump administration to investigate alleged Chinese influence on the growing, bipartisan backlash to data centers across the U.S. (RELATED: Voters Oust Half Of Missouri City Council For Greenlighting $6,000,000,000 AI Data Center)
OpenAI said ChatGPT accounts tied to China sought to stir local opposition to US data centers, potentially to undermine the country’s AI competitiveness, echoing recent rhetoric in the tech industry https://t.co/XdBVSAn3se — Bloomberg (@business) June 10, 2026
OpenAI said ChatGPT accounts tied to China sought to stir local opposition to US data centers, potentially to undermine the country’s AI competitiveness, echoing recent rhetoric in the tech industry https://t.co/XdBVSAn3se
— Bloomberg (@business) June 10, 2026
Of course, to draw these conclusions, OpenAI needed to surveil users flagged as suspicious and gain access to the prompts they were feeding ChatGPT. Here are the two key paragraphs from the company’s report:
The first cluster generated social media comments and images claiming that data center buildouts for AI were increasing........