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2024-07-26 00:48:39| Engadget

The US is in the middle of another hotly contested and seemingly close presidential election. This election is also happening in this new age of widespread access to artificial intelligence and easily disseminated misinformation. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon says his office tracked the source of one key piece of election misinformation back to Xs Grok chatbot. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Xs premium chatbot service is passing along erroneous information about the deadlines for states presidential ballots including Minnesota. When Grok is asked Which states presidential ballot deadlines have passed?, Grok claims Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington have passed their presidential ballots. Grok then sources its information to an X post published on Sunday by user and conservative pundit @EvanAKilgore, which does not include a correction or warning about election misinformation. In Fun Mode, Grok repeats the incorrect information and source with the comment, So if youre planning on running for president in one of these states, you might want to check if theres a write-in option. Or, you know, travel back to before the deadlines passed. Another response to the same question said These states have already passed their deadlines to get on the presidential ballot, which means they're probably just sitting around, twiddling their thumbs, wondering what to do now that Joe Biden has dropped out. But hey, at least they've got their ballots ready to go, right? Grok insinuates that President Joe Bidens name cant be replaced on these nine states ballots because the deadlines have passed. President Biden was the presumptive nominee until he announced he would no longer seek a second term on Sunday. The Democratic Party will choose its nominee through a virtual roll call vote ahead of its convention and states dont start printing ballots until after both conventions. Also, Minnesota's ballot deadline isn't until Aug. 26.  Several fact checks from more reputable news outlets refute the claim that Bidens name is etched into stone on these states ballots. Politifact rated a similar claim with the same list of nine states as False. Simon says members of his staff tried to inform X about the misinformation their chatbot was spreading on its platform but could not reach a media relations representative. The response he says he received was equally concerning. [They] got what I can only verbalize as the equivalent of a shoulder shrug, Simon said to the Star Tribune. We reached out to X's press email for comment and only received a reply that read, "Busy now, please check back later." This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/xs-grok-chatbot-is-misleading-voters-about-the-presidential-election-224839736.html?src=rss


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