[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone] Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page. The AI chatbot on X has spread election misinformation. Darko Vojinovic/AP Photos Editorials “As tens of millions of voters in the U.S. seek basic information about voting in this major election year, X has the responsibility to ensure all voters using your platform have access to guidance that reflects true and accurate information about their constitutional right to vote,” states the letter from secretaries of state in Minnesota, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington. Within hours after President Joe Biden quit his reelection campaign last month, false information about ballot deadlines, produced by Grok, was shared on social media and reached millions of people, the letter said. (Grok is only available to X’s premium users, but the information was copied and shared on multiple platforms.) The information stated, incorrectly, that Vice President Kamala Harris could not appear on the ballot in a number of states because she had missed their filing deadlines. “Grok continued to repeat this false information for more than a week until it was corrected on July 31, 2024,” the letter reads. Watch out for AI ‘hallucinations’ We hope other secretaries of state are keeping a similar keen eye out for misinformation, wherever it’s shared — on X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and any other platforms. Interest in the November election is high, and that puts millions of voters, who often get their news and information on these platforms, at risk for seeing inaccuracies, misstatements and outright fabrications. People have a duty to vet information, of course. But social media executives have a civic duty too, to weed out bad information when it crops up. Related