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America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch
Publisher description: For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.
TechCrunch | Sep 29, 2026 | Amanda Silberling
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The U. S. government on Tuesday launched its very own AI chatbot — or do we have to call it an SI chatbot now? The government partnered with Google and SpaceXAI to help build the America. gov chatbot, which has proved difficult for people to jailbreak the chatbot so far. (It’s worth nothing, however, that the chatbot says that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, a fact that President Donald Trump still denies. ) But when you try to talk to America. gov about Minecraft, the chatbot appears to have some sort of existential crisis or awakening. But the America.
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