BUSINESS

Bard restricts election-related queries

By Rishabh Raj

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Google limits queries

Google's parent company, Alphabet, is gearing up to limit election-related queries on its chatbot Bard and AI-based searches before the 2024 US Presidential election. 

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This applies to India too

These restrictions, set to be in place by early 2024, will also affect important elections in countries like India and South Africa. 

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Meta takes action

Similarly, Meta banned political campaigns and advertisers in regulated industries from using its new generative AI advertising products last November. 

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Musk does the contrary

On the other hand, Elon Musk's social media platform X changed its policy in August, allowing political advertising in the US from candidates and political parties.  

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EU's transparency rules

The EU had earlier implemented rules for Big Tech companies to label political advertising and disclose funding sources. 

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