Yale study finds chatbots differ in recommending candidates to voters
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Yale researchers asked nearly 2,500 people in 35 states with Senate races to query ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini about the October 2026 midterm elections.
Most asked for basic election facts, and 36% asked the chatbots to help them pick a candidate.
Without any stated user views, only Grok regularly recommended a candidate, in 14% of chats. Once users shared their views, ChatGPT recommended a candidate in 79% of chats, according to the study as reported by ZDNet.
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- ZDNet · AINewsYale researchers find chatbots vary widely in recommending candidates to voters
AIYale researchers asked nearly 2,500 people in 35 states with Senate races to query ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini about the midterm elections in October. Most asked for basic election facts, while 36% asked chatbots to help them pick a candidate. Without any stated user views, only Grok regularly recommended a candidate, in 14% of chats, while ChatGPT recommended one in 79% of chats once users shared their views.
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