Advanced Symbolics Inc. (ASI), who are an artificial intelligence-driven market research company, have an AI tool called "Polly". This AI program was shown to be more accurate than many polling companies, such as YouGov, when it came to predicting the U.K. General Election result and the large majority of the Conservative and Unionist Party. According to commentary from ASI's head Erin Kelly, the company and its artificial intelligence technology have a strong record of predicting elections and referenda. The success rate embraces the 2015 Canadian Federal Election, the referendum leading to the U.K.'s exit from the European Union in 2016 ('Brexit'), the U.S. 2016 election heartrending in Donald trump, plus the 2019 Canadian Federal Election. The 2019 UK election surprised many political observers by delivering the Conservative and Unionist Party, led by right-winger Boris Johnson, an 80-set majority over the combined opposition parties.

The UK election this Thursday will be shaped by artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is being used to fake vocal political support on social media in the run up to the UK election. Then there's social media targeting. Huge swathes of marginalised people could be empowered by automated translation tools.

It's general election week, and politicians have only four days left to curry favour before we fill those ballot boxes on June 8th. Between work and everything else, staying on top of the week's developments can be a tall order, so Amazon's tasked Alexa with keeping you informed while you're busy cooking dinner and cleaning up after the kids. You can now bark various commands at your Echo devices (or any other Alexa prison) to catch up on latest news, including "what's the latest with the election/the Conservatives/Theresa May?" You can also surface other info with phrases such as "what is the polling like?" and "who is the leader of X party?" Alexa will tell you about upcoming debates and where to watch them, and keep you up to date as the results are announced in response to questions such as "how many seats do the Liberal Democrats have?"