AI Startup Wants to Make Sure Chatbots Don’t Tell People How to Vote
The co-founder of Inflection AI is talking with other large startups about defining the role artificial intelligence will play in elections.
Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive officer Inflection AI
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergInflection AI, an artificial intelligence startup that has raised more than $1.5 billion from investors, is seeking to coordinate with other industry leaders to limit the role that AI chatbots will play in elections — including in the upcoming US presidential race.
Inflection AI co-founder Mustafa Suleyman said that the company’s chatbot, Pi, will not be allowed to advocate for any political candidate. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Tuesday, Suleyman also said that the company is in discussions with other startups in advance of the 2024 US presidential election, hoping that they will similarly agree to prevent their chatbots from recommending specific candidates.