Kazakh Central Election Commission launches Sailau AI assistant

The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan has launched Sailau AI, an AI-powered assistant on its official website and Telegram, built on the AlemLLM language model, to answer election-related questions in Kazakh and Russian 24/7. The service provides information on voting procedures, absentee certificates, and voter lists, and is undergoing additional training to improve accuracy. The launch comes ahead of the Qurultay elections on August 23, with 545 candidates from seven parties competing for 145 seats, and over 12.6 million voters on the electoral lists.

Kazakh Central Election Commission launches Sailau AI assistant The Central Election Commission CEC of Kazakhstan has introduced an AI-powered assistant, Sailau AI, on its official website to help citizens with election-related questions, Qazinform News Agency https://qazinform.com/news reports. It provides information on how to vote from home, obtain absentee certificates, and what to do if not on the voter lists and other election process queries. It is available 24/7 in Kazakh and Russian. The service is built on the AlemLLM language model. The Sailau AI also provides information based on the Kazakh Constitution, constitutional laws and other legal acts regulating election organization and procedures. It is accessible via the CEC website and Telegram messenger. Currently, the system is undergoing additional training to improve accuracy and quality of responses. As written before, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was recently briefed on preparations for the Qurultay elections scheduled for August 23. Seven political parties will take part in the elections, with 145 deputies to be elected for a five-year term. Over 12.6 million voters are included in the electoral lists. According to official data, 545 candidates from seven political parties have been registered https://qazinform.com/news/over-70-of-kazakhstanis-ready-to-cast-ballots-in-qurultay-elections-poll-39ced8 , averaging 3.7 per seat. Among the candidates are 172 women 31.5% , 74 young people 13.5% , and 19 persons with disabilities 3.5% . The average age of candidates is 45.4 years.