The Digester

Chinese official's ChatGPT entries expose global campaign to intimidate dissidents

Feb 27th 2026

OpenAI found that a Chinese officer used ChatGPT like a diary to document a sprawling influence operation that impersonated US officials, forged documents, and ran thousands of fake accounts to target overseas Chinese dissidents.

  • OpenAI says a Chinese law enforcement user logged details of a transnational suppression operation in ChatGPT before the account was banned.