ChatGPT and Gemini spread misinformation ahead of Scottish elections
ChatGPT, Gemini and other popular AI chatbots made critical errors during the recent Scottish elections. The think tank Demos ran a study and found misinformation in 34% of answers to voters' questions about the elections. The AI services invented political scandals and non-existent candidates, and gave wrong voting dates. The UK Electoral Commission is calling for new rules to regulate AI platforms urgently.
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A study by the independent think tank Demos found that ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and other popular AI chatbots gave voters misinformation ahead of the Scottish elections, fabricating scandals in a third of cases.
Which AI chatbots gave misinformation about the elections?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Replika and other services gave incorrect information about the Scottish elections.
What percentage of AI chatbot answers contained errors?
In a third of cases (33%), AI chatbots gave misinformation when answering questions about the elections.
Which chatbots gave voters misinformation?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Replika and other services.
How often did chatbots get the Scottish elections wrong?
In a third of cases when answering questions about the elections, they invented scandals and non-existent candidates.
Which neural networks produced misinformation before the elections?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Replika and other services gave misinformation in a third of their answers to questions about the Scottish elections, inventing scandals and fictitious candidates.
Can ChatGPT spread misinformation about voters?
Yes. The Demos study showed that ChatGPT gave misinformation about voters in a third of cases, fabricating scandals and non-existent candidates.
Which AI chatbots did
Demos test before the Scottish elections? The researchers tested ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Replika and other services, asking them more than fifty questions about the Scottish elections and electoral procedures.
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Key Questions Answered
Which AI chatbots gave misinformation about the elections?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Replika and other services gave incorrect information about the Scottish elections.
What percentage of AI chatbot answers contained errors?
In a third of cases (33%), AI chatbots gave misinformation when answering questions about the elections.
Which chatbots gave voters misinformation?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Replika and other services.
How often did chatbots get the Scottish elections wrong?
In a third of cases when answering questions about the elections, they invented scandals and non-existent candidates.
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