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Perplexity , the AI - power search engine , might hallucinatefrom meter to metre . But the company wants to show that it ’s trusty enough to use for tracking election outcome .
Today , Perplexityannounceda consecrate hub for U.S. general election information . Populated by datum from The Associated Press and Democracy Works , the company described it in ablogas “ an entrance point for understanding key issues . ”
“ start up Tuesday , we ’ll be offering live updates on election by leverage information from The Associated Press so you’re able to outride informed on presidential , senate , and house races at both a res publica and national level , ” Perplexity write . “ Thank you to Democracy plant for accord us access to your Elections API to aid power these experiences . ”
Perplexity did not immediately respond to TechCrunch ’s request about whether it is recompense the AP and Democracy Works for that information .
Perplexity ’s election hub answer election - related query like voting requirements and canvass times , as well as AI - sum up analyses on voting measures , candidates , policy stances , and secondment . Aside from the summaries , the hub is essentially a housecoat around data from The Associated Press and Democracy Works ’ API — but it ’s notable in that Perplexity ’s rival have shown a reluctance to launch comparable features for fear of AI - generated misinformation .
In its recently releasedChatGPT Searchexperience , OpenAI is head users who require about election consequence to The Associated Press and Reuters . Anthropic ’s Claude chatbot wo n’t answer questions about election results , and neither will Google ’s Gemini .
We can only trust that Perplexity ’s hub is as precise as the companionship purports it to be , given AI ’s piteous track phonograph recording in this area .
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In a Julystudy , the Center for Democracy and Technology found that , in reaction to 77 different election - have-to doe with enquiry , more than a third of solvent generated by AI chatbots admit Claude and Gemini included incorrect data . Other enquiry has show that major chatbots perform even worsened when asked questions about election by people withaccessibility challengesand those whose primary languageisn’t English .
