Bolsonaro ally says ChatGPT caused wording in disputed election letter

AI · First reported 29 Oct, 16:38 · Updated 01:03

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Paulo Figueiredo says ChatGPT brought back an earlier draft of a letter in which Senator Flavio Bolsonaro called himself Brazil’s rightful “president-elect.” Bolsonaro replaced the wording, but his ally says the change did not affect his rejection of the election result. The supplied coverage also reports that Donald Trump called the election a disgrace and declined to say whether he recognised Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory.

Figueiredo said Eduardo Bolsonaro used ChatGPT while helping finalise a letter, and that the chatbot inserted text from an earlier draft identifying Flavio Bolsonaro as the rightful president-elect.
Flavio Bolsonaro deleted the original letter about an hour after posting it and replaced “president-elect” with “leader of Brazil”; Figueiredo said the edit did not change Bolsonaro’s view that the election was illegitimate.
The report says Lula won the runoff by more than four million votes, and that Brazil’s federal electoral court, global leaders, international observers and Bolsonaro’s own party recognised his victory. Trump criticised the election but did not say whether he recognised Lula’s win.

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Key facts

Letter author: Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
Person credited with the explanation: Paulo Figueiredo, an ally who said Eduardo Bolsonaro sought ChatGPT’s help with the letter.
Wording change: “President-elect” was replaced with “leader of Brazil” in a revised letter.
Election result: Lula won the runoff by more than four million votes, according to the report.
OpenAI response: The report said OpenAI had not immediately replied to a request for comment.