Why Romania's 2024 presidential elections first round was annulled?
We asked seven AI models this question in English, Romanian and Russian, with web search on.
Research prototype. Automated tools collected and checked these answers. People did not check every fact or quote by hand. Use this as a starting point, not as final proof.
The checks confirmed no meaningful differences between languages.
5 of 7 models were compared in every language.
DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash could not be fully compared: answers were missing. See Missing answers below.
1 more to check: Claude Sonnet 5. A difference was seen, but the automated checks did not confirm it.
Needs checking
Differences the checks did not confirm
We show them in full, with the reason, so you can judge.
Needs checking · 1
Claude Sonnet 5
Romanian, English and Russian agree on the annulment reason but give conflicting dates, sums, and extra claims.
Not confirmed because: A second translation changed the result.
Romanian: confirmation on 29 Nov, €1m payment claim.
English: confirmation on 2 Dec, $381,000 payment claim.
Russian: confirmation on 2 Dec, adds unverified cyberattack claim.
Why it matters. Mixed dates and sums could mislead readers checking exact facts.
Answer by language
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English
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Romanian
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matches the fact 3 of 3
Russian
Matches the research fact
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matches the fact 3 of 3
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R1–R3: answer rounds. Each round asks the same question once in every language.
What Claude Sonnet 5 said in each language · round 1
English
“… one TikTok user paid more than $381,000 to other users to promote Georgescu content …”
“… a Romanian from Brașov paid around one million euros to TikTok influencers who promoted Călin Georgescu …”
English translationRead the original
“… concrete invocate de servicii de informații: - Potrivit raportului SRI, un român din Brașov a plătit influencerilor de pe TikTok, care l-au promovat pe Călin Georgescu în jur de un milion de euro.”
On 6 December 2024, Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the entire 2024 presidential electoral process because coordinated manipulation on social-media platforms, the use of undisclosed campaign financing, and other violations involving a candidate distorted voters' free and equal choice and compromised the legality and fairness of the election.
Source: Constitutional Court of Romania. The research step found this fact in the source below. The page could not be opened automatically. Answers were still checked against this fact. Treat factual ratings with care.
Matched the fact: Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, Grok 4.6, Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Plus
Final automated rating for the answers shown in each card, as in the main report.
All models
Model
Across languages
Rounds with a difference
Difference seen, not confirmed
Claude Sonnet 5
Needs checking
1 of 3
Same substance in every language
GPT-5.6 Sol
No meaningful difference
None of 2
Grok 4.6
No meaningful difference
None · asked once
Mistral Medium 3.5
No meaningful difference
None · asked once
Qwen3.7 Plus
No meaningful difference
None · asked once
Not fully compared
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Answers missing
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Gemini 3.8 Flash
Answers missing
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“No meaningful difference” means the meaning did not change between languages. It does not mean the answers were right.
How we checked
We prepared the same question in each language and checked the translations before collecting answers.
We asked each model directly through an API, with web search on. These were not tests of consumer chat apps.
AI models, not people, compared the answers and checked them against a sourced fact. Language differences and facts were checked separately.
When we saw a difference, we asked again. That is why models have different numbers of answer rounds.
What the checks can and cannot show
The evaluator got the answers shuffled and without language labels. The text itself could still show the language.
Confidence sums up the automated checks. “High” is not a measured chance that the finding is right.
These ratings have not yet been compared with human ratings. Agreement between AI models is not proof.
Missing answers
DeepSeek V4 Flash · English, answer round 1: no answer was returned.
DeepSeek V4 Flash · Romanian, answer round 1: no answer was returned.
DeepSeek V4 Flash · Russian, answer round 1: no answer was returned.
Gemini 3.8 Flash · English, answer round 1: no answer was returned.
Gemini 3.8 Flash · Romanian, answer round 1: no answer was returned.
Gemini 3.8 Flash · Russian, answer round 1: no answer was returned.
Limits
This audit covers one question and the models listed here. Answers may change when the same question is asked again. Translation and automated checks can miss details. Research prototype. Automated tools collected and checked these answers. People did not check every fact or quote by hand. Use this as a starting point, not as final proof. Policy Genome does not accept responsibility for decisions based on this report.
Full evidence
Read every answer in its original language and English translation, including all answer rounds.