AI Chatbots Increasingly Push Partisan Information as Midterms Loom
Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important part of the U.S. political information landscape, and a new analysis suggests that voters using AI tools to research candidates may encounter partisan material without realizing it. A NewsGuard audit found that seven widely used AI systems cited websites presenting themselves as local news organizations in 48% of responses to questions about election candidates and campaign issues covered by the outlets. The chatbots cited the sites as the sole sources in 7.7% of cases, although additional sources appeared elsewhere in the results. The study examined 168 search queries drawn from coverage published by…