Secretaries of state call on Musk to fix chatbot over election misinformation

The Guardian | Technology - Monday, August 5, 2024

X’s Grok AI chatbot falsely told users ‘ballot deadline has passed for several states’

Five secretaries of state plan to send a letter to Elon Musk calling on the billionaire owner of X to make changes to the social media platform’s Grok AI chatbot after it gave users misinformation about Kamala Harris appearing on the 2024 White House ballot in certain states.

Grok told users that the ballots were “locked and loaded” and that “the ballot deadline has passed for several states”.

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