A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are pressing multiple federal agencies over the risks artificial intelligence could pose to the upcoming election, specifically over chatbots’ responses to voters.

Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), in a letter sent Tuesday, urged the heads of the departments of Homeland Security and Justice, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to “work together” to ensure AI models are not inconsistent when answering voters’ questions.

“As millions of Americans rely on AI-driven tools to research the upcoming election, the accuracy and neutrality of these tools are now directly tied to the integrity of our democratic process,” the lawmakers wrote.

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