Recently, 42-year-old Victor Miller filed to run for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, but it wasn’t really for him because he included the name of a personalized AI chatbot to be displayed on the ballot instead.

He contended that the chatbot, called VIC (for “virtual integrated citizen”), would assist in city government and decide all political selections by utilizing technologies from the artificial intelligence startup Open AI. (VIC does not belong to any political party.)

Miller told CNN that AI had “helped me in my life personally, such as helping me with my resume.” “I believe it may improve a town by adding a layer. I sincerely hope that takes place.

But OpenAI informed CNN on Tuesday that it had blocked Miller’s access to the platform that was being used to communicate with and influence voters. The company claims that using ChatGPT in this manner is against its policies.

Because technology is developing more quickly than social, legal, and regulatory barriers, and because businesses, consumers, and government regulators are still finding out how to utilize AI capabilities responsibly, politics is becoming even more complicated.

An OpenAI representative told CNN, “We’ve taken action against these uses of our technology for violating our policies against political campaigning.”

“Participating in political campaigning or lobbying, including generating campaign materials personalized to or targeted at specific demographics,” is forbidden, according to OpenAI’s website.