Ben Nimmo

OpenAI says the accounts were likely run by a private Chinese tech company working for provincial government clients in China.

Posing as Americans on social media, they posted AI-generated comments and images highlighting electricity costs associated with data centers.

OpenAI's lead investigator, Ben Nimmo, says the campaign followed a familiar playbook.

OpenAI says the social media posts didn't get much traction, and it has banned the accounts from using ChatGPT.

Shannon Bond, NPR News.