Ben Shapiro Claims China and Russia Orchestrating Anti-Data Center Campaign in US

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"According to the New York Times, a state-owned newspaper in China recently published a satellite image of a data center in Gainesville, Virginia, writing in English that the development of artificial intelligence posed a threat to Americans' physical and financial well-being. A comic strip made to look as if it had been published by a Maryland news outlet, created by OpenAI's ChatGPT by people in China."

Ben Shapiro alleges that China and Russia are conducting coordinated influence operations to obstruct AI data center development in the United States, citing New York Times reporting on Chinese state media campaigns and fabricated content designed to turn Americans against data center construction. He argues foreign adversaries understand that controlling AI development means controlling information and military technology, and are exploiting political divisions across the ideological spectrum from Bernie Sanders to Steve Bannon to advance their interests.