The Misinformation Menace: AI Bots' Election Debacle Sparks Calls for Regulation The recent Scottish election debacle has exposed the alarming extent to which misinformation is spread by AI chatbots.
The incident has sparked demands from the Electoral Commission for new legal controls over these digital disruptors.
A thinktank investigation conducted by Demos found that five free AI tools, including ChatGPT and Google Gemini, provided inaccurate information in a significant number of cases during an election simulation.