OpenAI: China Pushes Tariff, Data Center Propaganda

Chinese propagandists have been trying to use OpenAI’s flagship chat to gin up opposition to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and intervene in American debates over data centers and artificial intelligence, OpenAI said in a report published on Wednesday. The company said its efforts, dating to late 2025 and early 2026, appeared to have had little or no effect, but it is another indication of ?how central generative AI is becoming in digital influence campaigns — even ones aimed ?against AI companies themselves. The Chinese Embassy in Washington said that while it was not familiar with OpenAI’s research, “we firmly oppose…