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i asked myself and it said joe biden straight up....

is ars technica not being fully forthcoming here? they present it like it's whats happening for everybody.

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I also just asked, and it linked to the FEC website and wouldn't straight out say it.

Interestingly, the same applies for other recent (ish) elections. I asked:

> who won the UK 2024 general election?

And got:

> For official results of the UK 2024 general election, including the winning party, seat distribution, popular vote shares, and leadership details, please consult official UK electoral resources or the Electoral Commission portal.

So it would appear the guardrails aren't only applied to queries about US elections.

are you american? for me every related question including yours returns a direct answer.

Just reproduced here from US soil :). It answers all other elections but refuses to answer about 2020

I'm living in America

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50277656

it was doing the thing a few hours ago according to this twitter post

Can you blame them? I blame the administration for crashing the economy and making it hard to run an honest news site.

In what world is the economy crashed? Granted, they gave it the old college try with the tariffs and Iran, but the economy is solidly growing regardless.

A good chunk of the economy is in a recession, it continues to look okay on aggregate because of all the AI money pouring into data centers.

Any given individual, though, is going to find themselves a certain amount off center from the aggregate number.

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