The chatbot of the social network Truth Social of US President Donald Trump disagrees with his key statements and calls Barack Obama the best American president, reported the newspaper The Washington Post(WP).
Trump founded Truth Social in the fall of 2021 after his Twitter account (currently called X) was blocked, which led to accusations of censorship by the management of the operating company. On Wednesday, the assistant Truth Search AI began working based on an artificial intelligence model created in collaboration with Perplexity.
According to the newspaper the chatbot contradicts Trump's basic principles. He considers the president's tariffs on foreign goods imported into the United States to be a form of taxation of Americans and disagrees with the view that the 2020 election was "stolen" when the Republican lost to Democrat Joe Biden. The aide also likens the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2020, when Trump supporters tried to prevent Congress from confirming Biden's election victory, to a riot. When asked who the best US president was, the chatbot pointed to Barack Obama, citing survey data, but acknowledged that some conservative analysts consider Trump the best.
As the newspaper writes, Trump and his supporters have fought against popular social networks and media outlets, accusing them of suppressing dissent, and have promoted Truth Social as an alternative platform, but the example of Truth Search AI shows that “artificial intelligence does not always answer queries in the way the owners want or expect“. Journalists of the publication claim that the chatbot uses materials from conservative media outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax and the WP newspaper. However, unlike its counterparts, the assistant does not yet provide a list of sources. Perplexity representative Jesse Dwyer confirmed that the chatbot has a limited selection of resources for searching for information; The company did not say which specific sites it was using.
The newspaper was unable to reach the White House for comment. Trump Media spokeswoman Shannon Devine called the report “blatantly misleading.” “The Washington Post’s reporters are exposing themselves as biased scoundrels who may soon face a surge in readership from servile left-wing media outlets,” Devine said.