AI chatbot mixes up Dutch political party policies
A leading professor called for tighter AI regulation to prevent undue influence on elections.
Dutch voters have been warned not to rely on AI chatbots for political advice after Google’s NotebookLM mixed up VVD and PVV policies.
When asked about Ukrainian refugees, the tool attributed a PVV proposal to send men back to Ukraine to the VVD programme. Similar confusions reportedly occurred when others used the system.
Google acknowledged the mistake and said it would investigate whether the error was a hallucination, the term for incorrect AI-generated output.
Experts caution that language models predict patterns rather than facts, making errors unavoidable. Voting guide StemWijzer stressed that reliable political advice requires up-to-date and verified information.
Professor Claes de Vreese said chatbots might be helpful to supplementary tools but should never replace reading actual party programmes. He also urged stricter regulation to avoid undue influence on election choices.
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