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Artificial intelligence made a historic entry into the political arena in the UK general election 2024, with AI Steve, an innovative candidate, running for office in the Brighton Pavilion constituency. Despite its groundbreaking approach, the AI-driven candidate garnered only 179 votes, representing 0.3% of the total.  Also Read: OpenAI faces data breach as hacker steals AI design details AI Steve, launched by Steve Endacott, a renowned businessman, was developed by the Neural Voice company. The AI Steve assistant was created to provide constituents with constant access, to respond to their concerns in real-time, and to provide policy recommendations. AI Steve’s campaign struggles to gain traction AI Steve was designed to transform the way politicians interact with the public and engage voters and it had the capacity for 10,000 conversations at once. Mr. Endacott, disappointed with the traditional politics, considered AI Steve as the viable option to overcome the shortcomings of the human politicians. Source: Firstpost The campaign, however, failed to gain much momentum and support. While AI Steve made history as the first artificial intelligence candidate in UK elections, its unique approach did not resonate widely with voters. Steve Endacott faced a decisive defeat to the Green Party’s Sian Berry. Also Read: Elon Musk’s AI hints at X platform XRP adoption The Brighton Pavilion constituency saw a decisive victory for Sian Berry of the Green Party who won by over 28,000 votes. While giving her victory speech, Berry appreciated the people who voted for her and the volunteers who helped her in the campaign saying that she will fight for their rights in the Parliament. “What an incredible night. Thank you, Brighton Pavilion! And a huge thank you to all the volunteers who have worked so hard to earn every single vote we got. I can’t wait to get to…

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