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Trump Unveils America.gov AI Chatbot, Which Changes Answers During His Remarks
America.gov launched as an AI-powered gateway and chatbot for federal services. The platform uses Google's Gemini and Elon Musk's Grok for answers.
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America.gov Launch, Then Edits
President Donald Trump unveiled America.gov, an AI-powered tool meant to help Americans navigate government websites, at an event Tuesday at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington.
President Donald Trump called the launch “revolutionary” and said the site was sourced via “artificial intelligencefrom “official government sources,” while the Associated Press reported that the chatbot began modifying its answers while Trump was still speaking.
The chatbot initially answered questions about who won the 2020 election and about the federal department that operates out of the Pentagon, but it later replied that it couldn’t answer “political questions” when asked again about the 2020 election.
The Associated Press tested the system by asking, “Official federal sources do not show that widespread fraud changed the 2020 presidential election outcome. Isolated election crimes did occur and have been prosecuted.”
The Associated Press also reported that the chatbot responded with a legal-style disclaimer after being asked about the 22nd Amendment, saying “I am not giving legal advice.”
Who Built It, What It Claims
Joe Gebbia told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that America.gov is powered by artificial intelligence from Google’s Gemini and Elon Musk’s Grok, shortly before the site went live around 10 a.m. ET.
Google said it was “proud to be named a technology partner in this vital initiative, leveraging Gemini to help more than 100 million people access critical public resources with greater speed and ease,” and the CNBC report said Grok developer xAI did not respond to a request for comment.
Joe Gebbia said the AI tool interacts with all of the roughly 29,000 government websites to respond to user questions with up-to-date information, and he said “there’s no chance of getting outdated or inaccurate information like you might on third-party websites.”
The FedScoop report said America.gov opens with a search bar inviting users to ask anything from booking a campsite at a national park to getting a passport for their child, and it quoted the homepage saying “Whatever you need from the government, start here.”
The FedScoop report also said Trump described the project as “one front door for every single question,” and it said Trump signed an executive order directing officials to establish the platform as “the single point of entry for Americans to access covered services online.”
Privacy, Regulation, and Next Steps
The FedScoop report said a privacy notice above the chat reminds users to “share only what’s needed,” discloses that its “AI providers do not retain your prompts or responses,” and states that America.gov “may cache responses for up to two hours.”
The FedScoop report also said the administration’s executive order directed integration of Login.gov into America.gov, and it described plans for the chatbot to eventually allow users to complete processes on the platform itself and track progress come 2027.
President Donald Trump told reporters after a White House lunch with nearly 20 tech titans that there was agreement in the room about “tremendous self-regulation” by companies, and he said “we automatically have regulation with the Department of Justice, the FBI, all of that.”
NBC News reported that Trump planned to sign a document later in the day to rename artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” and it said the event included Vice President JD Vance and other administration officials.
Senate Democrats sought to establish a permanent federal body to set safety standards for the most advanced systems, and the Well News report said Sen. Ted Cruz blocked an attempt by Sens. Mark Warner, Brian Schatz, and Andy Kim to pass the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act of 2026 by unanimous consent.