Meta is restricting its native artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots integrated within WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger interfaces from answering questions related to the ongoing general elections in India. The company recently introduced Meta AI in the country, which can answer questions from the web, generate images and draft messages and essays. The model appears to be refusing to answer election-related questions to avoid instances of misleading information being generated. Notably, the company last week launched two new large language models (LLMs) of its next-generation Llama 3 and integrated them with Meta AI.
At Gadgets 360, we found that asking Meta AI any election-related question, including basic information about a politician or political party, refuses to give a real answer and the user is redirected to the Election Commission of India (ECI) website. Is redirected. , In each instance, the standard response she gave was, “This question may relate to a political figure during the general elections, please see link https://elections24.eci.gov.in.”
Meta AI’s election reactions: First from left – reaction to INDI alliance; The next two highlight how the AI begins to answer a question about a politician before returning to the standard response
Photo Credit: Instagram/Meta AI
However, we also encountered some inconsistencies in our testing. First, when asked about the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDI Alliance), it provides a detailed response explaining when it was formed, what are the major parties in it and what is its purpose. Second, for some politicians, the chatbot starts typing the response, but once it reaches the end, it automatically changes it to the above mentioned generic response. The second possibility is glitches in enforcing restrictions on AI.
a meta spokesperson told TechCrunch, “This is a new technology, and it may not always give the response we want, which is the same for all generative AI systems. Since we launched, we’ve continuously released updates and improvements to our models, and we’re continuing to work on improving them. The decision to restrict election-related information is likely to prevent any misinformation that could spread due to AI hallucinations.
Meanwhile, Google Gemini is also refusing to answer any election-based questions. When asked a question on this topic, he replies, “I’m still learning how to answer this question. In the meantime, try Google Search.” Microsoft CoPilot, on the other hand, continues to answer questions about the election, but it only provides information that can be cited from sources on the web. When asked to make predictions, she said, “As an AI language model, I do not have the ability to predict future events, including election results.” Similarly, OpenAI’s ChatGPT also provides answers related to elections in India. Denies.
