Trump’s America.gov AI bot tells the truth about the 2020 election

The Trump administration's new government chatbot at America.gov gave accurate answers about the 2020 election shortly after its launch, then stopped doing so within a day. President Donald Trump presented the tool as a single entry point for questions about federal agencies and services, saying it would replace a maze of confusing government websites. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also appeared at the event, promising that passport applications would soon be completable entirely online through the portal. Motivational speaker Tony Robbins described the project as a change in how citizens relate to their government, according to MS NOW · The Independent.

MS NOW · The Independent reports that when it asked the bot late Tuesday whether Trump won in 2020, the answer was no, and that official records show Joseph R Biden Jr prevailed. The bot cited National Archives figures of 306 electoral votes for Biden and 232 for Trump, with 270 needed, and linked to the Archives and the Federal Election Commission. It also said taxpayer money cannot be used to pay for a president's campaign ads. Trump has long claimed he was the true winner because of widespread fraud, which remains unproven.

By Wednesday morning the tool showed an error message. CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale later wrote on X that it was working again but that it now says it can't answer such questions, adding that the administration appears to have changed it so it no longer debunks Trump lies. At the same event, Trump said artificial intelligence should be renamed "super intelligence."

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