It's not even a secret operation. They have a SuperPAC named "Leading the Future" that exists to spread propaganda promoting deregulation of AI development. They've been caught, among other things, making a "news website" with LLMs pretending to be reporters (with human names and everything), which reached out to people asking for interviews and then wrote hit jobs on them.

https://www.modelrepublic.org/articles/reporters-ai-bots-ope...

https://twitter.com/FournesMaxime/status/2047697265280639459...