{"slug": "chinese-orgs-building-ai-models-of-american-voters-to-test-political-messages", "title": "Chinese Orgs Building AI Models of American Voters to Test Political Messages", "summary": "Chinese institutions, including Fudan University and government-linked think tanks, have built AI models of American voters using 171 million X posts to create a million-account 'voter pool' and tested political messages on synthetic Pennsylvania voters. The system, which simulates voters in all 50 states plus D.C., reproduced 47 of 51 state contests and 12 of 15 battlegrounds, and is used to assess U.S. policy and China's response.", "body_md": "EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Institutions Are Building AI Models Of American Voters—And Testing Political Messages On Them.\nFudan used 171 MILLION X posts to create a million-account “voter pool.” A government-linked team tested a campaign message on synthetic Pennsylvania voters. 🧵\n\n# Natalie Winters on X: \"EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Institutions Are Building AI Models Of American Voters—And Testing Political Messages On Them. Fudan used 171 MILLION X posts to create a million-account “voter pool.” A government-linked team tested a campaign message on synthetic Pennsylvania voters. 🧵\"\n\n- Fudan inferred users’ age, gender, race, ideology and party from their public histories, then combined those profiles with Census and ANES data to simulate every state. The latest version claims it reproduced 47 of 51 state contests and 12 of 15 battlegrounds.The system lets researchers select modeled Americans by political or demographic traits and hold multi-round conversations with them. Its questionnaire covers immigration, guns, race, LGBTQ rights, gender resentment, election integrity, taxes, unrest and voting behavior.The Pennsylvania project included SASS, a Chinese government academy, and SIIS, a think tank subordinate to Shanghai’s government. Researchers built 300 agents in each of ten states. In Pennsylvania, they tested a tax-and-redistribution position and measured the reaction.A Chinese study built a “voter portrait of Trump’s dependable right-wing base,” saying it could provide a “scientific basis” for China’s U.S. policy. A state-funded follow-up modeled “America First” views on tariffs and alliances to assess U.S. policy and China’s response.GoLaxy’s system is described as “cognitive-domain confrontation and guidance.” The company claims parts reached Chinese intelligence and PLA units. Its election module ranks influencers and maps swing states, MAGA content and “supporter portraits.”\n- THIS is how China CCP uses TikTok to destroy America Yes anyone using it and anyone not opposing its full divestment from China is a moron who massively underestimated the THREAT we have warned about for years. India banned it in 2020 because Modi knew!", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-orgs-building-ai-models-of-american-voters-to-test-political-messages", "canonical_source": "https://twitter.com/nataliegwinters/status/2090814996687237570", "published_at": "2026-08-23 05:19:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-23 05:43:27.612677+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Fudan University", "X", "SASS", "SIIS", "GoLaxy", "Natalie Winters"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-orgs-building-ai-models-of-american-voters-to-test-political-messages", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-orgs-building-ai-models-of-american-voters-to-test-political-messages.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-orgs-building-ai-models-of-american-voters-to-test-political-messages.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-orgs-building-ai-models-of-american-voters-to-test-political-messages.jsonld"}}