Inside Perplexity’s AI-Powered Election Tracker: How It Works, Where It Gets Its Data [Video]

Ahead of the polls closing on Tuesday, Perplexity.ai, an AI-powered search engine, has launched an Election Information Hub designed to provide live updates, answer voter queries, and offer AI-generated summaries on candidates and ballot measures.

Here’s a closer look at how Perplexity’s new hub works, what information you can find, and where it sources its data.

Perplexity’s Election Information Hub is an AI-driven platform aiming to assist voters in understanding key issues, finding polling information, and tracking live election results. Perplexity says it serves as “an entry point for understanding key issues, voting intelligently, and tracking election results.”

Newsweek contacted Perplexity via email for comment.

How Does Perplexity’s Election Information Hub Work?

Starting on Election Day, the hub will provide live updates on presidential, Senate, and House races at both state and national levels. Users can track election results by viewing real-time updates on vote counts, percentages, and leading candidates.

As an AI chatbot, it will generate answers for election-related questions including queries …