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Source: Axios

A national Latino civic engagement group is turning to an AI app to help voters cut through an increasingly complicated election system — in English or Spanish.Why it matters: Nearly 39 million Hispanics can vote in this year's midterms, and their political loyalties are increasingly up for grabs.Hispanics have added 5.25 million eligible voters since 2022, more than any other racial or ethnic group, according to Pew Research Center.The Latino electorate remains highly fluid: About 1 in 7 Latino voters who backed Trump in 2024 now say they want Democrats to control Congress, according to a new NBC News/Telemundo poll.How it works: Mi Familia en Acción launched Nubi last week, a bilingual AI-powered app that answers questions about voting, voter registration, citizenship and Know Your Rights information.Users can ask questions in English or Spanish about where and when to vote, early voting, mail ballots and registration.Nubi operates in all 50 states and can tailor information to the local or district level.Unlike a general-purpose chatbot, Mi Familia en Acción president and CEO Héctor Sánchez Barba tells Axios that Nubi doesn't search the open internet for answers. The organization feeds it information from sources it considers reliable, with human review and guardrails...