Chatbots at the ballot box: AI skirts Brazil election rules

“Chat, who is the best candidate?”: Six months out from Brazil’s presidential election, AI chatbots are still answering such questions in defiance of new electoral rules banning them from giving voting tips.

The head of Brazil’s electoral court (TSE), justice Carmen Lucia, warned in January that artificial intelligence chatbots could lead to the “contamination” of the October vote in Latin America’s biggest nation.

In March, the court imposed new regulations which restricted how chatbots are allowed to operate during the 2026 election cycle, as well as increased platform liability for false content.