[yellowapple]

> In this report, we describe two clusters of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from China that we banned after they used our models in support of apparent covert influence operations that promoted narratives in an attempt to manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and wider tech policies.

Why would people in China choose ChatGPT for this? Surely one of the multiple Chinese LLMs would be perfectly suitable for generating social media posts, no?

I don't doubt that the PRC is up to astroturfing shenanigans (they do have a vested interest in convincing the American public to kneecap America's tech sector), but using American LLMs via American services seems like an odd choice for that.

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I found this article to be more balanced take on the subject:

https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5844328

[ETH_start]

It's entirely possible that the vast majority of those involved do use Chinese LLMs. Some small portion may have used ChatGPT for higher quality posts.

[jst1fthsdys]

> Some small portion may have used ChatGPT for higher quality posts.

Deepseek, Kimi, GLM have comparable quality to GPT for this purpose. More likely they are lying about it to discredit real opposition to data center expansion.

[cyanydeez]

i think people misunderstand foreign influence with the wrong POV. they dont need to be sided. in democracy, it functions when theres smooth transitions, fact finding, debates

these campaigns are equally about polarization. the goal is to keep people from acting rational and foment irrational behavior.

it should be obvious to people in america and britain that this tactic works.

now fuck data centers, but you cant use "they had POV X" as a deciding factor on anything. aside from lying, theyre an AI company so the bullshit could come from anywhere.