United States of America: Issued Secretaries of State order requiring X Corp. to update Grok AI with accurate election Information

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Issued Secretaries of State order requiring X Corp. to update Grok AI with accurate election Information

On 5 August 2024, the Secretary of State of Minnesota issued an order endorsed by the Secretaries of the States of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington and New Mexico requiring X Corp. to update Grok AI with accurate election Information. The order highlights that X Corp. is responsible for ensuring that users have access to accurate guidance about their constitutional right to vote and requires X Corp. to implement immediate changes to its Artificial Intelligence search assistant, Grok, to ensure precise election information is provided. The order was issued following the dissemination of false ballot deadline information by Grok, which impacted 37 million constituents across the states. The order directs X Corp. to promptly adopt a policy guiding Grok users to CanIVote.org, a nonpartisan resource for election information, to prevent further misinformation.

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Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2024-08-05
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On 5 August 2024, the Secretary of State of Minnesota issued an order endorsed by the Secretaries o…