EXCLUSIVE: National Security Experts Sound Alarm After X Uncovers Chinese Bot Farm Targeting U.S. Data Center/AI Debate

National security experts are sounding the alarm after X said it uncovered Chinese bots targeting U.S. debates over AI data centers and technology policy.

A network of Chinese fake social media accounts is spreading anti-data center material, the X platform warned, heightening concerns by members of Congress that the data center issue is being used by Beijing to divide Americans.

X uncovered 200,000 inauthentic Chinese accounts pushing anti-AI and anti-data center narratives in the United States amid energy policy debates.

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X found a bot farm in its investigation of inauthentic Chinese accounts. Out of 200,000 bots, 200 allegedly focused on posting against AI data centers.

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