USWyoming judge upholds keeping an 'AI chatbot candidate' off the Senate ballot

A Wyoming judge has upheld the secretary of state's decision to keep a man who wanted to run a chatbot for the US Senate off the ballot.

Cap City News reported that Cheyenne resident Victor Miller filed early this year under the name "Victor," one of the names he uses for his AI bot, instead of his own. Secretary of State Chuck Gray rejected the application in June, saying "you must be a human being, NOT an AI bot," and in October a district judge dismissed Miller's lawsuit.

In 2024, Miller ran for Cheyenne mayor promising to let his AI, VIC, make policy decisions, and lost.