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AI Chatbots Botch Midterm Ballots, Intel's Chip Slump Deepens, Cisco Bets on Unlimited AI Refactor
On hashtag trending for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, Jim Love covers testing by The Washington Post showing AI chatbots generated inaccurate voter guides ahead of the US midterms, including inventing races, misidentifying candidates, and frequently failing to correctly identify congressional districts, with some errors traced to AI-generated voter-info websites; OpenAI updated ChatGPT's Democracy Works integration after the tests and Amazon paused Alexa's voter guide. The episode also reports steep chip-stock declines led by Intel, with Yahoo estimating chip and memory stocks lost about $3.7 trillion since Oct. 6, and notes AMD's upcoming earnings as a signal for industry pressure. Cisco is reportedly giving a two-person team unlimited AI tokens to refactor 98% of legacy code in two years. Wells Fargo will require customers to revoke AI agent access and keep proof. New Brunswick introduces legislation targeting unfair digital practices affecting consumers under 16.
00:00 Headlines Rundown 00:43 Chatbots Botch Ballots 02:51 Chip Stocks Slide 04:37 Cisco Unlimited Tokens 06:33 Wells Fargo Agent Proof 07:21 Protecting Kids Online 09:19 Wrap Up and Support
