Ask Trump's AI chatbot who won in 2020. You might not get an answer.
Summary
The Trump administration launched an AI chatbot on America.gov to help people access government information. The chatbot sometimes gave different answers about political topics like the 2020 election results and refused to comment at other times. Experts say this might be due to how the AI is programmed or technical reasons, but exact details are unclear.Key Facts
- America.gov uses AI models from Google’s Gemini and Elon Musk’s Grok.
- The chatbot is designed to help with government-related questions.
- It gave conflicting answers about who won the 2020 election and the January 6 Capitol attack.
- Sometimes it refused to answer political questions, saying it only provides official government information.
- Responses varied depending on user location, browser settings, and how questions were asked.
- The chatbot confirmed President Obama was born in Hawaii, contradicting the “birther” conspiracy theory.
- Experts suggest the AI’s answers might change due to system rules or cached responses stored for up to two hours.
- The government has not provided details about the chatbot’s internal guidelines or guardrails.
- America.gov plans to expand by 2027 to integrate multiple agencies for easier form applications.
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