Fake accounts defended Jensen Huang and attacked lawmakers over chip exports

An investigation identifies a network of more than 400 apparently fake social-media accounts that, since November 2025, have posted thousands of messages favoring Nvidia’s position against U.S. limits on advanced AI-chip sales to China. The accounts also defend CEO Jensen Huang, including after reports that U.S. intelligence suspected a Chinese executive connected to him of being a spy, and attack lawmakers, researchers, and industry figures who support export controls. Their posts dismiss concerns about chip smuggling and AI risks, criticize Anthropic, and often use insults or near-identical talking points. The accounts pose as ordinary Americans, but coordinated creation and profile changes, scheduled posting patterns, repeated text, and an operator’s accidentally pasted writing prompt suggest organized, human-run sockpuppets rather than automated bots. Many campaign posts have since been deleted.

The network appears to have served multiple clients and causes, including a pro-Qatar campaign previously linked by Haaretz to Israeli firm Koios, as well as advocacy for Israel, businesses, and Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. Evidence points to Koios continuing under the name IntellACT after claiming to close: staff résumés, hiring posts, and an executive’s profile connect the two, while job ads seek social-media operators. The investigation does not establish who commissioned the Nvidia campaign. Nvidia says it has no relationship with Koios or IntellACT and is trying to identify who ran the accounts; Koios denies involvement, and IntellACT did not respond. As the findings were prepared, many accounts deactivated or removed posts.