AI Companies Announce New Election Policies to Combat Misinformation
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AI chatbots like Google's Gemini, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Microsoft's Copilot are grappling with how to handle election-related queries to avoid providing false information. Companies are restricting responses or referring users to official voting resources.
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Companies like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and others signed an accord with 7 goals to mitigate the deceptive use of AI in elections, including provenance marking and improving detection.
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Despite restrictions, some AI chatbots provided accurate local voting information when tested, showing potential usefulness if reliability challenges can be solved.
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Companies have announced election policies for other AI services like generative image creation, voice cloning, and political ad disclosures to reduce misinformation risks.
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Recent incidents have previewed likely challenges from generative AI during the 2024 US presidential election that companies aim to prepare for with their announced safeguards.