Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions. n.pr/4BEKMX5
AI chatbots are becoming political advisers. Their answers can mislead voters
Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions.
n.pr
November 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions. n.pr/4BEKMX5
B4 hack:
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
After hack:
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
After hack:
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
October 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
B4 hack:
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
After hack:
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
After hack:
"Chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions."
Most kids say they use chatbots for help with homework and when they're stressed, lonely, or anxious. And how they use chatbots is tied to their mental health. n.pr/4yPGslm
Nearly 2 out of 3 teens and tweens use AI chatbots, new research shows
Most kids say they use chatbots for help with homework and when they're stressed, lonely, or anxious. And how they use chatbots is tied to their mental health.
n.pr
October 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Most kids say they use chatbots for help with homework and when they're stressed, lonely, or anxious. And how they use chatbots is tied to their mental health. n.pr/4yPGslm
This episode also feels relevant in terms of people getting addicted to chatbots.
November 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM
This episode also feels relevant in terms of people getting addicted to chatbots.
Whoever decided to plug chatbots into robocalls should be catapulted into the sun.
October 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Whoever decided to plug chatbots into robocalls should be catapulted into the sun.
As AI chatbots become everyday sources of information, research from Kosovo raises questions about how these systems present and sometimes distort geopolitical narratives.
When chatbots become ‘answer engines’: AI, geopolitics and truth
As AI chatbots become everyday sources of information, research from Kosovo raises questions about how these systems present and sometimes distort geopolitical narratives.
globalvoices.org
October 31, 2026 at 10:40 AM
As AI chatbots become everyday sources of information, research from Kosovo raises questions about how these systems present and sometimes distort geopolitical narratives.
Some real Zitron-haters on this app too, but they are mostly stupid kids who love their chatbots a little too much.
October 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Some real Zitron-haters on this app too, but they are mostly stupid kids who love their chatbots a little too much.
I've been shouting for a long time about how LLMs-as-search despoils our information ecosystem, which among other things puts our democracy at risk. Here is a very direct example of that:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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We asked AI chatbots to make voter guides. They invented races and misidentified candidates.
Analyzing AI-generated voter guides for addresses in every county in the U.S. showed that the chatbots often made errors.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I've been shouting for a long time about how LLMs-as-search despoils our information ecosystem, which among other things puts our democracy at risk. Here is a very direct example of that:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Even as studios incorporate generative tech into film and TV production, comedy content creators have broken through by roasting chatbots.
Want to Sign With a Hollywood Agent? Start Making Fun of AI
Even as studios incorporate generative tech into film and TV production, comedy content creators have broken through by roasting chatbots.
buff.ly
November 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Even as studios incorporate generative tech into film and TV production, comedy content creators have broken through by roasting chatbots.
Des chatbots d’IA diffusent de fausses informations sur les élections américaines de mi-mandat et relaient la propagande russe
www.7sur7.be/monde/des-ch...
www.7sur7.be/monde/des-ch...
Des chatbots d’IA diffusent de fausses informations sur les élections américaines de mi-mandat
Des chercheurs alertent sur le rôle des chatbots d’intelligence artificielle (IA) dans la propagation de la confusion aux États-Unis à l’approche des élections de mi-mandat. Ceux-ci sont utilisés pour...
www.7sur7.be
November 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Des chatbots d’IA diffusent de fausses informations sur les élections américaines de mi-mandat et relaient la propagande russe
www.7sur7.be/monde/des-ch...
www.7sur7.be/monde/des-ch...
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences
Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.
www.wired.com
November 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
ChatGPT and other chatbots are the latest new technology to lead to wilderness rescues.
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buff.ly/rQPpD0h
AI gets people into trouble in the backcountry - High Country News
ChatGPT and other chatbots are the latest new technology to lead to wilderness rescues.
buff.ly
October 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
ChatGPT and other chatbots are the latest new technology to lead to wilderness rescues.
buff.ly/rQPpD0h
buff.ly/rQPpD0h
Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.
When You Should—and Shouldn’t—Use AI to Search the Web
Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.
buff.ly
November 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.
Yep, you hate being duped into talking to a machine like its a real person, and you'll hate it even more when you are inevitably rude to a real person because you think they are just a machine. All chatbots should have to disclose up front that they are chatbots.
November 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Yep, you hate being duped into talking to a machine like its a real person, and you'll hate it even more when you are inevitably rude to a real person because you think they are just a machine. All chatbots should have to disclose up front that they are chatbots.
“…The Post’s findings illustrate how easy it can be to get chatbots to rely on information ‘some random person publishes on an AI-generated website.’” 😑
November 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
“…The Post’s findings illustrate how easy it can be to get chatbots to rely on information ‘some random person publishes on an AI-generated website.’” 😑
They are absolutely desperate for web traffic that’s been decimated by chatbots and social media
October 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
They are absolutely desperate for web traffic that’s been decimated by chatbots and social media
Überall nur Chatbots oder KI Zeugs. Nervt.
November 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Überall nur Chatbots oder KI Zeugs. Nervt.
Can AI tell the truth? How Russian propagandists are influencing ChatGPT
Russia’s propaganda networks are adapting online content to influence AI chatbots. As more people turn to AI for answers, Kremlin narratives risk being repeated as seemingly neutral information.
Read the full story👇
Russia’s propaganda networks are adapting online content to influence AI chatbots. As more people turn to AI for answers, Kremlin narratives risk being repeated as seemingly neutral information.
Read the full story👇
Can AI tell the truth? How Russian propagandists are influencing ChatGPT
Russia is poisoning the internet with lies so that chatbots pass them on to users. How is the Kremlin exploiting artificial intelligence for propaganda?
www.pravda.com.ua
November 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Can AI tell the truth? How Russian propagandists are influencing ChatGPT
Russia’s propaganda networks are adapting online content to influence AI chatbots. As more people turn to AI for answers, Kremlin narratives risk being repeated as seemingly neutral information.
Read the full story👇
Russia’s propaganda networks are adapting online content to influence AI chatbots. As more people turn to AI for answers, Kremlin narratives risk being repeated as seemingly neutral information.
Read the full story👇
Chatbots sind der Thermomix des Texteschreibens: Sie erzeugen nichts wirklich Gutes, aber für Leute, denen es an fundamentalen Grundkenntnissen fehlt, sind sie tatsächlich ein Upgrade. Genau dadurch wird ihnen aber auch die Erfahrung genommen, etwas auszuprobieren und dazuzulernen.
October 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Chatbots sind der Thermomix des Texteschreibens: Sie erzeugen nichts wirklich Gutes, aber für Leute, denen es an fundamentalen Grundkenntnissen fehlt, sind sie tatsächlich ein Upgrade. Genau dadurch wird ihnen aber auch die Erfahrung genommen, etwas auszuprobieren und dazuzulernen.
Has anyone just tried saying 'end program' to the chatbots?
Subrote in Star Trek: End Program?
Alt: Mariner from Star Trek: Lower Decks saying 'comouter, end program?'.
static.klipy.com
November 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Has anyone just tried saying 'end program' to the chatbots?
Keep doing everything with AI, suckers!
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences
Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.
www.wired.com
November 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Keep doing everything with AI, suckers!
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
As many people have said, the more AI degrades college instruction, the more you'll see elite institutions respond to the demand for artisanal, bespoke old-school teaching as the rest of the world has to suffer with the chatbots
“At Harvard, students are clamoring for a class that assigns a hefty book a week, requires regular essays, bans digital devices. Humanities 10 drew 180 applicants for just 90 spots this fall. Students expressed urge to be forced to think for themselves in the age of AI."
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ha...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ha...
October 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM
As many people have said, the more AI degrades college instruction, the more you'll see elite institutions respond to the demand for artisanal, bespoke old-school teaching as the rest of the world has to suffer with the chatbots
BREAKING: Netherlands tables bill to ban addictive design.
Like any other unsafe product, when digital products are unsafe they should be removed from the market.
The proposal applies to social media, games, dating apps, chatbots.
EU level ban to follow?
nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2637...
Like any other unsafe product, when digital products are unsafe they should be removed from the market.
The proposal applies to social media, games, dating apps, chatbots.
EU level ban to follow?
nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2637...
November 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
BREAKING: Netherlands tables bill to ban addictive design.
Like any other unsafe product, when digital products are unsafe they should be removed from the market.
The proposal applies to social media, games, dating apps, chatbots.
EU level ban to follow?
nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2637...
Like any other unsafe product, when digital products are unsafe they should be removed from the market.
The proposal applies to social media, games, dating apps, chatbots.
EU level ban to follow?
nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2637...
And chatbots
these pointless chatbots are what journals are literally spending our tax money on because these publishers are leeches off the public purse and then fence off academic outputs into weird systems
also Maxwell / Epstein money
also Maxwell / Epstein money
October 31, 2026 at 7:21 AM
And chatbots
First, the basics.
The US productivity uptick in AI-adopting sectors starts in 2020, not 2022. Even if you spot a new acceleration around 2022, that’s too early to be AI. Back then it was chatbots, not agents.
The US productivity uptick in AI-adopting sectors starts in 2020, not 2022. Even if you spot a new acceleration around 2022, that’s too early to be AI. Back then it was chatbots, not agents.
November 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
First, the basics.
The US productivity uptick in AI-adopting sectors starts in 2020, not 2022. Even if you spot a new acceleration around 2022, that’s too early to be AI. Back then it was chatbots, not agents.
The US productivity uptick in AI-adopting sectors starts in 2020, not 2022. Even if you spot a new acceleration around 2022, that’s too early to be AI. Back then it was chatbots, not agents.