AI article
Here's Why You Shouldn't Use AI to Vote
Publisher description: From hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it comes to Election Day.
Wired | Nov 3, 2026 | David Gilbert
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Around 50 percent of recently surveyed US adults have at one time used an AI chatbot, and 8 percent say they have used these tools ahead of the midterms to find information on candidates and policies, according to Pew Research. According to the Forum AI research, almost 40 percent of election answers given by all the mainstream chatbots contained at least one factual error. Research by NewsGuard found that mainstream chatbots cite so-called “pink slime” websites nearly 50 percent of the time when asked about candidates and policies related to the midterms.
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