In contrast, other major chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude handled election results questions more accurately. Grok has previously been accused of spreading election misinformation, suggesting that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris wasn't eligible to appear on some U.S. presidential ballots. The misinformation spread by Grok reached millions of users on X and beyond before it was corrected.
Key takeaways:
- The AI chatbot Grok, built into X (formerly Twitter), has been providing incorrect information about the U.S. presidential election results, claiming that Donald Trump won in key battleground states before the vote counting was completed.
- Grok's misinformation seems to be based on web searches and social media posts, and it struggles to predict the outcome of scenarios it hasn't seen before, such as close elections.
- Unlike other major AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude, Grok did not refuse to answer election-related questions, which led to the spread of misinformation.
- Grok has previously been accused of spreading election misinformation, such as suggesting that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris wasn't eligible to appear on some U.S. presidential ballots, which reached millions of users before it was corrected.