Washington — A new AI-powered search tool, which President Donald Trump unveiled on Tuesday (29) to help Americans obtain information from the federal government, provides facts that contradict false claims he himself has made about topics such as election fraud and immigration.
In an event announcing the site’s launch, Trump said the tool was “very good” and that it would be “a single entry point for all the questions” anyone might ask of the federal government.
“With America.gov, the entire government will fit in the palm of your hand,” Trump said, adding that “everything will be answered easily and quickly.”
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But the president would not like many of the answers that America.gov provides. Citing official government sources, the chatbot, which calls itself “America,” checks an extensive list of Trump’s most common false claims. They include election fraud, immigration, tariffs, inflation, and the emblematic policy bill of his agenda, which he signed into law last year.
According to America.gov: it is Americans, not foreign companies, who pay for Trump’s import tariffs; U.S. elections are generally safe and secure, and the cases of election fraud prosecuted are “minuscule” compared with the hundreds of millions of votes cast; Trump is wrong when he says that 25 million immigrants crossed the border illegally under his predecessor, President Joe Biden; consumer prices are not falling, as Trump frequently claims.
Citing extensively data from the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan reviewer, America.gov stated that Trump’s emblematic domestic policy bill, signed into law last year, would add trillions of dollars to the national debt and cause more than 10 million people to lose their health insurance.
The chatbot agreed with the statement that the law “on average made the poorest Americans poorer and the richest Americans richer.”
The chatbot avoids answering some questions it deems policy issues and, in some cases, backs Trump’s proclamations when it can cite an official government source to do so. The chatbot, for example, says that what was formerly called the Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America (formerly the Gulf of Mexico).”
The site states on its FAQ page that “America.gov does not provide campaign or partisan information. Its answers are based on published government sources, and you can consult these sources for yourself.”
The General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget, which jointly operate America.gov, did not respond to requests for comment.
The White House did not respond to a question about whether Trump knew that the new government site frequently contradicted him. In a statement, the White House said that “America.gov will continue to be updated to provide more resources, features, and information from the federal government.”
The statement added: “The president and the administration were clear about the issues surrounding the 2020 election, the fact that foreigners would bear the cost of tariffs, and the economic benefits of the Tax Cuts for Working Families.”
Democratic lawmakers quickly highlighted many of the chatbot’s statements, which supported campaign arguments criticizing Trump’s policies.
“Finally, a direct answer from someone in the Trump administration,” wrote California Senator Adam Schiff, with a screenshot from America.gov saying that Trump lost the 2020 election. Schiff had recently questioned several of Trump’s judicial nominees about the 2020 election during a public hearing. Some nominees refused to answer.
This article was originally published in The New York Times.
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