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CNET’s Katelyn Chedraoui advises voters using chatbots for election research to check their answers against reliable sources. For polling locations and ballot details, she says to use state or local election websites, which should have the most up-to-date information.
Why it mattersChedraoui also recommends checking what a chatbot cites, rather than taking a confident answer on trust. A candidate’s own words in a video or interview are a sturdier lead than a random social post, where sarcasm and context can trip systems up. Her guide notes that chatbots can hallucinate, give outdated information and produce answers shaped by bias or attempts to influence what appears in search results. Useful assistants, then, but not exactly the people you want filling in your ballot unsupervised.
Discuss: For polling locations and ballot rules, should voters use chatbots at all, or go straight to official election sources?
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