The AI bots are "unreliable and clearly biased" according to the supervisory authority, which tested four chatbots where the result is recommendations of parties on the left and far-right.
The bots' advice "often ends up with the same two parties, regardless of the user's question or command", according to the report. In more than half of the cases, either Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom Party (PVV) or the left-wing party GroenLinks-PvdA under Frans Timmermans was suggested.
Certain parties, such as the centre-right CDA, "are hardly ever mentioned, even when the user's input exactly matches the party's stance".
The supervisory authority AP's deputy director Monique Verdier said that chatbots can steer voters towards parties that do not match their political views.
It affects a cornerstone of democracy: the integrity of free and fair elections, said Verdier. She therefore urged not to use AI chatbots for voting advice.
The Dutch are going to the polls on October 29, where the PVV's result will be closely followed throughout Europe. The supervisory authority AP emphasized that the chatbots' bias is not intentional, but a consequence of how AI works.
