Chatbots Are Primed to Warp Reality

More and more people are learning about the world through chatbots and the software’s kin.

Google has rolled out generative AI to users of its search engine on at least four continents, placing AI-written responses above the usual list of links.

As the election approaches, some people will use AI assistants, search engines, and chatbots to learn about current events and candidates’ positions.

A new paper found that a chatbot induced false memories and misled more than a third of participants.

Tech companies are already marketing generative AI to U.S. candidates as a way to reach voters by phone and launch new campaign chatbots.

Chatbots could provide an evolution of the push polls that some campaigns have used to influence voters.

A Pew survey from February found that only 2 percent of respondents had asked ChatGPT a question about the presidential election.

Even if lots of people interacted with an intentionally deceptive chatbot, it’s unclear what portion would trust the outputs.

Nobody knows yet what the effects of real-world political AI will be, but there is reason for skepticism.