Crypto exchange Binance claims someone is feeding false information to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in order to discredit the firm’s standing with US lawmakers, Forbes reported on Monday.
A spokesperson for the crypto behemoth told the outlet that several Congressional offices reached out to the firm, asking if Binance chief Changpeng Zhao (CZ) developed a social media platform for the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), which is majority-owned by the Chinese state.
The firm further claims that it received numerous questions to determine if CZ was an official in the Chinese Communist party.
When Binance looked into the issue, ChatGPT didn’t say that CZ was a communist — but according to chief strategy officer Patrick Hillman, the AI bot did suggest the co-founder worked with CNPC and offered up ‘sources.’ Apparently, it relied on a fake LinkedIn page impersonating CZ, as well as a Forbes article from 2018 that has been removed.
According to Fortune, the story’s URL didn’t work. However, it suggests the piece was written by former Forbes senior editor Pamela Ambler. According to Ambler’s LinkedIn page, the former journalist has worked at Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, and Bloomberg, before recently switching to an executive position in real estate.
Binance has long denied that the firm is Chinese. However, CZ grew up in China, returned as an adult after living in Canada, and built a career in tech there. Binance didn’t delist all Chinese Yuan-based trading pairs until 2021 — and...
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