Aaru
Coverage of Aaru in the Nexus archive.
- A 21-year-old cofounder’s sales pitch to clients begs them to question the company’s results: ‘Do not trust us. Do not trust our model’
Aaru, a two-year-old AI startup, simulated 2 million New York City voters using data like credit card purchases and food delivery orders, achieving a prediction within 2,000 votes of actual results. Founder Ned Koh advises clients to distrust the company's model, arguing that skepticism improves customer outcomes, as demonstrated by a survey example where AI simulations outperformed human responses in accuracy.
- GOP campaigns go all-in on AI, Dems not so much
Republicans are aggressively adopting AI in their midterm campaigns for voter simulation, social media trend analysis, and ad creation, while Democrats are slower to adopt due to privacy concerns and job worries. The DNC restricts some AI tools but allows Gemini for specific tasks, highlighting differing party approaches to AI in politics.