ChatGPT now refuses election analysis entirely, citing neutrality and human agency
Ill_Guarantee_1432 · reddit · 2026-09-23
A Reddit user says OpenAI has shut down election prediction on ChatGPT. Prompts asking the model to weigh current conditions, polls and past results now only return "all candidates are even", with refusals citing "removes human agency" and "neutrality".
The author argues objective analysis isn't bias — an attack by one country on another would clearly affect elections — and criticizes withholding reasoning that could produce a reasonable estimate. The post illustrates the user-experience cost of OpenAI tightening model behavior around elections.
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