Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’

AI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study by the civil liberties group Liberties found, based on research during this year's Hungarian parliamentary elections. The study showed AI recommended parties not running and gave highly volatile answers to identical prompts, raising serious concerns about the reliability of general-purpose AI systems in electoral contexts.

Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’ By Jon Henley Europe correspondentSource: The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology Research during Hungary election shows AI recommended parties not running and gave highly volatile answers to identical prompts AI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study suggests, often recommending the wrong party, not mentioning the right one, or listing parties not even running. “The results raise serious concerns about the reliability of general-purpose AI systems in electoral contexts,” the study https://www.liberties.eu/f/uz6rz9 , published by the civil liberties group Liberties and based on research during this year’s Hungarian parliamentary elections, concluded. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/election-voting-advice-ai-chatbots-inaccurate-unreliable-hungary Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.