Trump launches America.gov with AI chatbots at its core
However, the Trump administration is rolling out a new digital portal for access to federal government tasks that puts AI front and center, even though there are concerns that existing federal digital services may be in danger. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); “Advances in technology now make possible a fundamentally different relationship between the people and the Federal Government,” Trump’s EO read in part. A paragraph summarizing the purpose of the site is interspersed with graphics that serve no purpose and only interfere with the flow of the text, including one mimicking the fingerprint icon from iOS that actually overlaps with the words before and after it.
- ▪However, the Trump administration is rolling out a new digital portal for access to federal government tasks that puts AI front and center, even though there are concerns that existing federal digital services may be in danger.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); “Advances in technology now make possible a fundamentally different relationship between the people and the Federal Government,” Trump’s EO r
- ▪A paragraph summarizing the purpose of the site is interspersed with graphics that serve no purpose and only interfere with the flow of the text, including one mimicking the fingerprint icon from iOS that actually overlaps with the words be
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump touts America.gov, but its AI answers undercut many of his statements — Hacker News (AI / LLM)
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| Publication time | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:14:32 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); public sector Trump launches America.gov with AI chatbots at its core Gemini, Grok now serving as front door to federal resources on unfinished, poorly designed website Brandon Vigliarolo Brandon Vigliarolo GOVERNMENT AND IT NEWS REPORTER Published tue 29 Sep 2026 // 21:14 UTC READ MORE OpenAI tries disarming AI angst with cute graphics and always-on agents now Zuckerberg touts enterprise AI push because Meta would never do anything to damage your reputation 1 hour ago Close the…
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