Description: After President Joe Biden stepped aside as a presidential candidate on July 21, 2024, the AI chatbot Grok on X reportedly falsely informed users that Vice President Kamala Harris missed the ballot deadline in nine states. This misinformation, which spread widely on social media, prompted secretaries of state from five U.S. states to urge Elon Musk to address the problem.
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View all entitiesAlleged: xAI developed an AI system deployed by xAI and X (Twitter), which harmed Kamala Harris , Electoral integrity , Democracy and American electorate.
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reuters.com · 2024
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WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Secretaries of state from five U.S. states urged billionaire Elon Musk on Monday to fix social media platform X's AI chatbot, saying it had spread misinformation related to the Nov. 5 election.
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