US politicians are trying to change what chatbots say about them

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Candidates have long had to worry about their reputations among voters. Now, they have to worry about what AI thinks about them too.

Candidates have long worried about their reputation among voters. Now, they also worry about what AI thinks of them.

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Stuart A. Thompson, Tiffany Hsu

WASHINGTON – Dustin Lloyd, a US Democratic primary candidate for Missouri’s state legislature, was a well-known member of his community when he started his political campaign.

But there was one important group that did not seem to know him at all: Artificial intelligence chatbots.

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