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MIT Researchers Ask Election Chatbots to Explain Themselves Before Voters Rely on Them
· New York time
MIT professors Adam Berinsky and Chara Podimata are discussing a project that tracks how AI chatbots respond to questions about the 2026 US midterm elections. The work examines what these systems say when people seek election information. A chatbot can sound confident whether or not its answer deserves confidence, making its responses worth studying in a civic setting. Campaigns already supply voters with plenty of polished language. Researchers are checking what happens when another fluent participant joins the conversation without appearing on the ballot.
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