Donald Trump's humiliation as own AI chatbot constantly 'fact-checks' him
Donald Trump has faced embarrassment as a new AI Chatbot on Truth Social has "consistently" debunked his statements. In what could be an uncomfortable twist for the US President, who recently issued an executive order criticising "woke AI" and advocating for "truth-seeking" technology, his own platform's chatbot has "consistently" challenged him.
Truth Social, Trump's go-to social media outlet, introduced an AI search engine last week, aiming to "rival" Grok—the chatbot from X (previously known as Twitter)—and Meta AI.
However, Truth Search AI has refuted several of Trump's contentious assertions, including those surrounding his recent tariff policy, the Trump family's venture into cryptocurrency, and the January 6 United States Capitol riot.
The Telegraph's Kieran Kelly observed that the chatbot even labelled the president's allegations of election fraud in 2020 as "baseless" and referred to the event as an "insurrection".
Trump recently signed an executive order attacking "woke AI" (Image: Getty Images)
Kieran reported: "But the chatbot contradicts Mr Trump by claiming that tariffs are a tax on Americans, the 2020 election wasn't stolen, and his family's crypto investments pose a conflict of interest."
"It also said riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, were an 'insurrection' linked to the president's 'baseless claims of widespread election fraud'."
Perplexity, an AI company, developed Truth Search AI, which is embedded within the platform's web browser and is touted to deliver "direct, reliable answers", according to its developers.
The Independent reports that the chatbot typically leans on right-wing sources such as Newsmax and Fox News for its responses, yet it has also countered some of Trump's statements.
Last Friday, Trump claimed that his tariffs had a "huge positive impact" on the stock market, but Truth Search AI replied that "the evidence does not support this claim".
The chatbot even dubbed the president's 2020 election fraud claims "baseless" (Image: Getty Images)
When prompted to evaluate one of Trump's posts about crime rates in Washington, D.C., the AI tool responded by saying it was "not totally out of control."
Adding insult to injury for Trump, The Telegraph's inquiry to the chatbot about the most popular US President of the century yielded the answer: Barack Obama.
Jesse Dwyer, a Perplexity spokesman, told the Washington Post that Trump's platform utilised a "source selection" to limit the websites that the tool used, but the company did not know which specific sites.
He remarked: "This is their choice for their audience, and we are committed to developer and consumer choice. Our focus is simply building accurate AI."
Trump Media spokeswoman Shannon Devine told the outlet: "With transparently asinine stories like this, The Washington Post reporters indict themselves as irrelevant partisan hacks who will probably soon join the growing exodus of left-wing shills from the paper."
It comes after multi-billionaire X owner Elon Musk, who also served as Senior Advisor to Trump, arranged an update for his chatbot, Grok, after claims that it sided with liberal ideology.
Controversy emerged when Grok started lauding Adolf Hitler, made anti-Semitic comments, and dubbed itself "MechaHitler". Musk's AI company xAI posted on X that it was "actively working" to remove "inappropriate" posts.
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