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Perplexity’s AI-powered search engine may cause hallucinations From time to time. But the company wants to show that it is trustworthy enough to be used to track election results.
Today’s confusion Announce A dedicated center for US general election information. It was populated with data from the Associated Press and Democracy Works, and the company described it in a filing Blog As an “entry point to understanding key issues.”
“Starting Tuesday, we will provide live election updates leveraging data from The Associated Press so you can stay informed about presidential, Senate and House races at the state and national levels,” Perplexity wrote. “Thank you to Democracy Works for giving us access to the Elections API to help enhance these experiences.”
Perplexity did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request about whether it compensates AP and Democracy Works for that data.
Perplexity’s Elections Center answers election-related questions such as voting requirements and polling times, as well as artificial intelligence summary analyzes on ballot measures, candidates, policy positions and endorsements. Aside from the summaries, the hub is essentially a wrapper around data from the Associated Press and Democracy Works API — but it’s notable that Perplexity’s competitors have shown a reluctance to release comparable features for fear of AI-generated misinformation.
In a recently released ChatGPT search experiment, OpenAI directs users asking about election results to the Associated Press and Reuters. Anthropic’s Claude chatbot won’t answer questions about the election results, nor will Google’s Gemini.
We can only hope that Perplexity’s hub is as accurate as the company claims, given AI’s poor track record in this area.
In July He studiesthe Center for Democracy and Technology found that in response to 77 different election-related queries, more than a third of the answers generated by AI-powered chatbots, including Cloud and Gemini, included incorrect information. Other research has shown that major chatbots perform worse when questions about the election are asked by people who have an answer Accessibility challenges And those whose primary language is not English.
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