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AIs serve up ‘garbage’ to questions about voting and elections

A number of major AI services performed poorly in a test of their ability to address questions and concerns about voting and elections. The study found

A number of major AI services performed poorly in a test of their ability to address questions and concerns about voting and elections. To test whether today’s models are capable of this, the team collected a few dozen questions that ordinary people are likely to ask during an election year. If you’re an expert in machine learning matters, you’ll have spotted the quirk here already, namely that API calls are not necessarily the way a random user would get their information — they’re far more likely to use an app or web interface.

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