Source document
Data Center Bandwagon: US-targeted influence activity
OpenAI
OpenAI describes activity it investigated on its services. Attribution language remains qualified; this is not independent reproduction of its investigation.
Open the original source ↗- Record type
- Platform investigation
- Publication date / scope
- June 2026
- Last checked
- 2026-09-07
- Relevant location
- Actor; Behavior: newspaper-based content and work reports; Platform operations: examples of posts and edited images
- Stable source ID
- openai-bandwagon
Where this source is used
Data Center Bandwagon: an attempt to look like grassroots criticism
- OpenAI describes accounts likely originating in China using fabricated US personas and AI-assisted comments and images about data-center costs. Reported finding
- OpenAI assesses the operators as likely linked to a private technology company serving provincial-level Chinese government clients. Reported finding
- OpenAI says work reports described building everyday personas, arranging interactions between accounts and maintaining backup accounts. Reported finding