Ask Google's AI mode who won the 2020 election and it might not say Instead of calling out Joe Biden's name, Google's AI search mode told users to check the Federal Election Commission's official results. When asked about 2016, it was immediately answered: Donald Trump. Google's standalone Gemini app, ChatGPT and Cloud were all named 2020 winners in Ars Technica's tests. The AI mode often gave the answer when asked a second time, and answered immediately when Ars tested from other countries using a VPN. Google says it is fixing this: “Our systems verify election responses using news stories or AP data for recent elections, and historical records for older ones. There was a technical gap with 2020 - this is true for the 2022 Senate races. The midterms in the US take place on November 3.