Chatbot voting recommendations may help or harm voters, and regulation should adjust accordingly

Chatbot voting recommendations have both pros and cons; Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court has fully banned them since March, and regulation needs to reduce risks while maintaining their accessibility. ChatGPT, Claude and others give voting recommendations to users who ask; before the UK local elections in May, one in seven voters said they would use them to decide their vote, and one in ten Dutch citizens plan to use them in the October 2025 parliamentary elections. The Dutch data protection authority has warned voters not to rely on chatbot recommendations after chatbots over-recommended two of the 15 parties.