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Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections: But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 67 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I tested it in regular browsing and incognito from a US ISP (because I live in the US) with two different phrases of the question, and it told me Biden won every time, and 3 out of 4 times told me the electoral votes. I'm not trying to protect Google, but this wasn't something I was able to reproduce. Whether that means they've since fixed it, or something else, is difficult to say without a look behind the curtain.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I tried it just now using ff focus browser and got the following response:

    To verify the results, vote counts, and historical details of the 2020 United States presidential election, consult official election records or view the FEC data reports.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    It seems insane that Google would return obviously untrue results, but also the last 2 years are insane and google has been acting insanely the whole time

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