# "Tech and Tariffs" Campaign: Influence activity targeting US tech policy

DevFeed: ["Tech and Tariffs" Campaign: Influence activity targeting US tech policy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tech-and-tariffs-campaign-influence-activity-targeting-us-tech-policy-6386.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-tech-and-tariffs>)

Published: 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [china](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/china.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [us](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/us.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes banning likely PRC-origin ChatGPT accounts that generated comments and cartoons targeting US technology policy, tariffs, and trade restrictions. The activity included coordinated social media operations, Simplified Chinese prompts, VPN use, and false claims about compromised ChatGPT data.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI banned likely PRC-origin accounts using AI to create comments and cartoons about US tech policy, tariffs, and trade restrictions.