YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - White House AI chatbot EXPOSES Trump’s false claims
Jen Psaki tests out America.gov and finds the White House’s new AI chatbot contradicting Trump on some of his favorite falsehoods.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Trump’s new AI chatbot debunks his own false claims
President Donald Trump launched a new artificial intelligence chatbot on Tuesday, calling it “damn good.” Turns out that one of the things it’s reasonably good at is debunking Trump’s own lies. We asked the America.gov chatbot about numerous false claims the president has made in recent months, including one he uttered at the Tuesday launch event itself. The chatbot flatly and correctly noted that many of these Trump claims are not true – including assertions he has made about elections, the economy, immigration and foreign affairs. The chatbot is not the best tool for political fact-checking. Intended to help Americans access federal information and services, it refused to address some Trump falsehoods on the grounds that the…
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AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Ask Trump's AI chatbot who won in 2020. You might not get an answer.
The Trump administration's new AI service gave users conflicting responses to politically sensitive questions Tuesday and Wednesday: sometimes answering them and sometimes refusing. The big picture: As the Trump administration increasingly uses AI and answers the public's questions through America.gov, statements carrying the government's authority are shaped by models, instructions and guardrails the public can't see. - The White House told Axios in a statement, "America.gov will continue to be updated to provide Americans the most accurate and reliable federal information and resources." - America.gov , powered by Google's Gemini and Elon Musk's Grok, aims to help Americans navigate government-related tasks using an AI chatbot —…
What concerns did David Nesting raise regarding the future of the America.gov system?
Nesting expressed worries about inaccurate or incomplete answers being fed to Americans and expressed concern regarding protecting private information as the system potentially grows into one of the largest systems holding very confidential private information.
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What is the planned functionality for the next iteration of America.gov expected in early 2027?
The next iteration aims to integrate across agencies so users can complete forms, applications, and renewals, such as enrolling in Medicare, applying for a passport, or applying for federal jobs.
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What reasons did David Nesting, the former deputy chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management, provide for the inconsistent AI responses?
Nesting suggested that factual questions considered politically charged might be on the edge of what the LLM considers "too political," causing it to err one way or another probabilistically. He also noted that Gemini and Grok might handle questions differently, or the outputs could be tied to cached responses, as America.gov says some answers may be cached for up to two hours.
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How did the America.gov chatbot respond to questions about President Obama's birthplace?
The chatbot confirmed that former President Obama was born in Hawaii, which contradicts the "birther" conspiracy theory promoted by Donald Trump.
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What were the conflicting responses provided by the America.gov AI chatbot regarding the 2020 election?
Depending on the user and timing, the chatbot either stated that Biden won the 2020 election or refused to answer the question, stating it does not provide political commentary or election results.
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Which AI models power the America.gov chatbot?
America.gov is powered by Google's Gemini and Elon Musk's Grok.
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