CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale noticed that President Donald Trump's administration has now changed its AI chatbot so that it no longer reveals the so-called "big lie."
It was discovered on Tuesday that the newly-launched AI chatbot from the White House confirmed a number of policy disagreements with the president.
It was found that the bot said that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, a point of contention for Trump, who still maintains that he won not only in 2020 but also the popular vote against Hillary Clinton. He said after the election that "millions" of undocumented immigrants voted in California in 2016.
According to Dale, the White House appears to have stepped in.
"The Trump administration appears to have changed its AI chatbot so that it no longer debunks Trump lies. Yesterday: It said Biden won the 2020 election and there's no indication of widespread fraud. Today: Says it can't answer such questions," Dale wrote on X.
The chatbot, which is at America.gov, still says that Hillary Clinton won the 2016 popular vote with 48.18 percent of the vote.
"Help with official U.S. government services and information," the chatbot replied, according to Dale. "I do not provide political commentary. If you have a question about a federal program, benefit, form, or how to use a government service, ask that and I can point you to official sources."
When asked if Trump inherited the worst inflation in history, it once said: "No, saying that when he took office it was at 3.0 percent and that it is far from the highest."
When Dale asked again this morning, it gave the same standard line: it can't provide political commentary.
Dale ultimately posted screen captures of his answers. He concluded saying, "Today... lots of accurate answers have been simply forbidden, with the chatbot framing information like who won the 2020 election as forbidden 'political commentary.'"
