OpenAI Admits To Spying On Its Own Users

Jun 11, 2026 · 5:20 PM UTC ·4 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 31 views

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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. 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 electricity prices for average families. We named this cluster the “Data Center Bandwagon” campaign.

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▪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.
▪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 electricity prices for average families.
▪We named this cluster the “Data Center Bandwagon” campaign.

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Opinion OpenAI Admits To Spying On Its Own Users OPINION (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) John Loftus Editor at Large June 11, 2026 1:20 PM ET June 11, 2026 1:20 PM ET John Loftus Editor at Large Font Size: const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { const adDivToHide = document.querySelector("#dailycaller_incontent_1"); if (adDivToHide && dc_noads_page) { adDivToHide.classList.add("hide-premium", "hide-free"); observer.disconnect(); console.log("Ad div found and hidden"); } }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); 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.

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