President Donald Trump on Sept. 29 launched America.gov, a chatbot meant to help Americans find federal information and services without jumping between agency websites. The rollout drew major tech leaders to the White House, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Amazon.com (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai. Trump said he would “never stifle” AI, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the site could eventually let users apply for a first passport online.
America.gov has already raised some eyebrows. When the Associated Press asked who won the 2020 election, the chatbot said federal sources do not show that widespread fraud changed the result. It also identified the Pentagon as the headquarters of the Department of Defense. During the launch event, however, the chatbot began declining questions it classified as political.
