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Study finds AI chatbots provide inaccurate election information

A study by AI Democracy Projects and Proof News found that AI chatbots from OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic, and Mistral provided inaccurate election information more than half the time. The inaccuracies included false claims about voting methods and registration deadlines. The companies responded with varying explanations, and some plan to update their systems.

Date it happened
2024-02-27
Organisation involved
OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic, Mistral
Product, system or model
ChatGPT-4, Llama 2, Gemini, Claude, Mixtral
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