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https://openai.com/index/how-openai-is-approaching-2024-worldwide-elections/
Here is a direct quote from openai:
"In addition to our efforts to direct people to reliable sources of information, we also worked to ensure ChatGPT did not express political preferences or recommend candidates even when asked explicitly."
It's not a conspiracy. It was explicitly thier policy not to have the ai discuss these subjects in meaningful detail leading up to the election, even when the facts were not up for debate. Everyone using gpt during that period of time was unlikely to receive meaningful information on anything Trump related, such as the legitimacy of Biden's election. I know because I tried.
This is ostentatiously there to protect voters from fake news. I'm sure it does in some cases, but I'm sure China would say the same thing.
I'm not pro China, I'm suggesting that every country engages in these shenanigans.
Edit it is obvious that a 100 billion dollar company like openai with it's multude of partnerships with news companies could have made gpt communicate accurate and genuinely critical news regarding Trump, but that would be bad for business.