Trump's America.gov chatbot answered election questions, then called them off limits
Government · Curated reporting
Source report: 2026-09-30 · Event: 2026-09-30
Read original story ↗America.gov initially said Biden won in 2020 and rejected claims of widespread fraud. By September 30, CNN's Daniel Dale was getting refusals that classified those questions as political commentary. The restriction was inconsistent: Mediaite and Dale subsequently obtained substantive answers again. The government's chatbot was changing how it handled basic election facts within a day of launch.
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