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X redirects Grok election questions to Vote.gov

After five secretaries of state documented false ballot-deadline answers, X changed Grok so election-related prompts direct users to Vote.gov, a concrete mitigation for the earlier information-integrity failure.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM25confidence 88/100

Why it moved the index

Routing sensitive election questions to an authoritative government source directly reduces one observed failure mode, though it is a narrow remediation and does not establish broad reliability or image-generation safeguards.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 25 · confidence 88

    New August 2024 mitigation event distinct from the initial misinformation incident.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “X redirects Grok election questions to Vote.gov” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 25 and confidence 88 out of 100 in the human resilience category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “X redirects Grok election questions to Vote.gov” as follows: After five secretaries of state documented false ballot-deadline answers, X changed Grok so election-related prompts direct users to Vote.gov, a concrete...

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