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Trump's AI chatbot initially contradicted his claims, then stopped answering

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The Trump administration's new AI-powered website, America.gov, initially provided answers that contradicted President Trump's claims, including stating that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. The chatbot also offered information contrary to Trump's views on climate change and the Pentagon. Following these responses, the website began to modify its answers, eventually refusing to answer politically sensitive questions, citing a policy against providing political commentary. AI

IMPACT Highlights the challenges of controlling AI responses on government platforms and the potential for AI to generate information contrary to political narratives.

RANK_REASON The article discusses a government website using AI, but it is not a frontier release from a major AI lab, nor a significant policy or research development. It's more of a product/tool with a specific incident.

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Trump's AI chatbot initially contradicted his claims, then stopped answering

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Meg Kinnard, Chris Rugaber, Will Weissert ·

    Trump’s new AI website America.gov said Biden won 2020—then the White House made the chatbot stop answering

    America.gov contradicted Trump on the 2020 election, climate change and term limits—then stopped answering some political questions.

  2. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Avery Lotz ·

    Ask Trump's AI chatbot who won in 2020. You might not get an answer.

    <p>The <a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump" target="_blank">Trump</a> administration's new <a href="https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai" target="_blank">AI</a> service gave users conflicting responses to politically sensitive questions Tuesd…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Trump launched America.gov’s # superintelligence # chatbot , which initially stated Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 election and contradicted claims on immig

    # Trump launched America.gov’s # superintelligence # chatbot , which initially stated Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 election and contradicted claims on immigration, prices and tariffs. The White House said updates would follow; the bot now declines election questions. https://…

    LINKS futurism.com/…/trump-ai-disagrees-election
  4. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/ross2000 ·

    Trump’s new government chatbot said Biden won in 2020, then suddenly stopped answering

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1wu7mgx/trumps_new_government_chatbot_said_biden_won_in/"> <img alt="Trump’s new government chatbot said Biden won in 2020, then suddenly stopped answering" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/dPuVf4GvmwDUKvucb4…

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