New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to tech giants, urging them to take steps to “protect voters” from “misinformation,” according to ABC News.
The letter, obtained by the outlet, discussed James’ “concern” with “misinformation.”
“While misinformation has been a concern in past elections, with the rise of gen AI, barriers that prevent bad actors from creating deceptive or misleading content have weakened dramatically,” she wrote, adding that AI tools have “become increasingly popular and easy to use and misuse.”
ABC News described some of the alleged “misinformation,” including an “altered campaign video of Vice President Kamala Harris.” The video was labeled as a parody, although the outlet expressed concern that those who reshared the content did not specifically say it was satirical.
According to the letter, James has requested a meeting with the companies and desires written responses from each entity about its policies regarding “misinformation.”
The secretaries of state from Minnesota, Michigan, New Mexico, Washington, and Pennsylvania also raised concerns about election information in X’s AI search tool, Grok.
In a letter to Elon Musk, the secretaries of state wrote, “As tens of millions of voters in the U.S. seek basic information about voting in this major election year, X has the responsibility to ensure all voters using your platform have access to guidance that reflects true and accurate information about their constitutional right to vote.”
They requested that X “adopt a policy of directing Grok users to CanIVote.org when asked about elections in the U.S.,” the same website that ChatGPT and OpenAI use.
Concerns of alleged “election misinformation” led Michigan’s attorney general to send a “cease and desist” letter to a resident after she posted so-called “misinformation” on social media.
