The site launched Tuesday as a tool billed to simplify how Americans find government information and services spread across different agency pages. It says its answers come from artificial intelligence pulling from "official government sources." Asked who won the 2020 election, though, the chatbot gave an answer that contradicts what President Trump himself has repeatedly claimed. It also gave an answer about which federal department runs out of the Pentagon that didn't match Trump's version of events, according to Fortune.
The problem showed up fast. While Trump was still speaking at Tuesday's launch event touting the new site, the chatbot was already producing answers his administration would rather not see attached to a government-branded tool. Soon after, the site stopped answering questions on the 2020 election entirely.
The mismatch puts the White House in an awkward spot. A tool meant to project a single, official government voice instead surfaced a fact check on its own boss, in real time, during his own rollout event.