Americans Are Turning to AI Chatbots For Voting Advice In Midterm Elections › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A growing number of American voters are turning to AI chatbots for voting advice in the midterm elections, including researching their ballots, comparing candidates, and fact-checking political claims.
Breitbart reports about half of American adults admit they use AI chatbots, according to Pew Research Center, and roughly 42 percent of those users use AI to search for information.
Voters are turning to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots to compare candidates, check claims and work through races that get little traditional coverage. That makes political research faster, but the same conversational style can quietly mirror what someone already believes. Experts warn that a voter can leave more confident in a position without actually learning more. The ballot is becoming a conversation with a machine.
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The trend has become especially prominent as voters prepare for the first major U.S. election cycle since generative AI became widespread.
Many users say they rely on AI to find information on local, down-ballot races that typically receive sparse news coverage or to quickly verify or debunk viral political claims and rumors circulating on social media.
In some instances, voters have gone as far as submitting photos of their physical ballots to ask chatbots for help filling them out.