• by Ray Schultz , November 3, 2024

Perplexity, an AI-fueled search engine, is launching an election tracking feature called the Election Information Hub in time for the 2024 election.

“Starting Tuesday, we'll be offering live updates on elections by leveraging data from The Associated Press so you can stay informed on presidential, senate, and house races at both a state and national level,” the company writes in its blog. 

The firm adds: “We want to do our part to support an informed electorate, so we’ve built the election hub on Perplexity’s answer engine: an entry point for understanding key issues, voting intelligently, and tracking election results.” 

Tuesday may be a little late to provide “trusted, easy-to-understand information to inform your voting decisions.” But Perplexity adds that it is “here to support your civic engagement” with timely information. 

The announcement comes weeks after Dow Jones filed a federal lawsuit accusing Perplexity of using news content from The Wall Street Journal and New York Post to answer questions. 

Perplexity has not yet filed a formal response to the complaint, but public comments show that it rejects the charges.