On Election Day, two AI startups tried convincing the world their AI chatbots were good enough to be an accurate, real-time source of information during a high-stakes presidential election: xAI and Perplexity. Elon Musk’s Grok failed almost instantly, offering wrong answers about races’ outcomes before the polls had even closed. On the other hand, Perplexity offered helpful, real-time election insights and maps throughout the night, linking to reliable resources and offering historical context where appropriate. Perplexity took a risky bet, and it paid off. Read all about the risky bet and how it paid off at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Maxwell Zeff Image Credits: Maxwell Zeff #TechCrunch #technews #artificialintelligence #startup #chatbot #AI #genAI