Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 16, 2026 (AFP) - Chatbots at the ballot box: AI skirts Brazil election rules

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2026-04-16

"Chat, who is the best candidate?": Six months out from Brazil's presidential election, AI chatbots are still answering such questions in defiance of new electoral rules banning them from giving voting tips. The head of Brazil's electoral court (TSE), justice Carmen Lucia, warned in January that artificial intelligence chatbots could lead to the "contamination" of the October vote in Latin America's biggest nation. In March, the court imposed new......

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