China spending billions to stop AI, data centers in US

FDD is a neoconservative, Zionist, pro-Trump organization.

AI industry lobbyists are falsely labeling data center opposition as being foreign plots to undermine the U.S. as a means of attaining conservative support for their cause.

Writing an article that sources OpenAI, who themselves "found no evidence of meaningful breakout beyond its own activity."

In it, the author says the intent is to "sway American public opinion against building data centers necessary for AI development and deployment." As though the American public is not firm in it's position, and that the billions in spend on data centers are necessary.

Backing it up with the call out from the very normal dude that repeatedly asked the Singaporean CEO of tiktok if he was a member of the Chinese Communist Party:

OpenAI’s report is not the only source alleging that China seeks to hobble America’s AI industry. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) requested a Department of Justice investigation into known China-linked propagandists and their attempts to shape U.S. public opinion against data centers.

Ending with leaning on the Trump government and explicit calls to heighten the trade strife with China:

Washington should expand efforts to expose and sanction Chinese offensive influence contractors and do the same for Chinese officials who order their services. The Trump administration should also consider other levers, such as further tightening export controls or imposing visa restrictions.

And as predictable as icing on a cake:

Ari is an open-source intelligence analyst by trade and the co-founder of Telemetry Data Labs, a Telegram data analytics and investigation platform. He writes in an independent capacity at Memeticwarfare.io. Ari earned a dual B.A. in East Asian and Middle Eastern studies from Tel Aviv University.

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So I guess the take away is supposed to be that actually secret Chinese bots are behind you not wanting a data center in your back yard.

This is the most fed ass article I've seen in a while.

OpenAI’s threat intelligence team banned multiple ChatGPT accounts that created English- and Chinese-language content to sway American public opinion against building data centers necessary for AI development and deployment.

Does anyone else think that using ChatGPT to write anti-AI articles pretty funny?

Can’t win through hard work?

China is spending billions on many forms of disinformation campaigns in all countries. OpenAI recently identified two clusters of disinformation accounts, as one report says,

• The accounts are likely from a private Chinese company, that used ChatGPT to generate fake pro-American commentary opposing data centers.
• The 'Data Center Bandwagon' group operated from late 2025 to early 2026, posing on X as Americans via VPNs while prompting ChatGPT in Simplified Chinese.
• OpenAI rated the campaigns Category One on its Breakout Scale, meaning they stayed on one platform and generated virtually no authentic engagement.

As much as I dislike OpenAI and its management's attitudes, it's also clear that China is interfering also here. It's common practice for Chinese disinformation campaigners to exploit existing issues to sow division among Western societies for its own gains.