Topic: artificial-intelligence
The America.gov chatbot dodged political questions, then answered them again
Verdicts: 2 True, 3 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 2 Unproven, 2 Misleading
America.gov’s chatbot swapped fact-checks for refusals on Sept. 30, then answered again within hours. Nothing shows who changed it or why, and TNR misstated a CBO figure.
The 90% Is a Reversal Rate on Appeals, Not an Error Rate
Verdicts: 1 True, 1 Unproven, 2 False
The lawsuit is real and says exactly this. Its own paragraphs show the 90% measures appeals that were reversed, and a federal audit puts the measured error rate at 13%.
The Footnotes Were the New Part
A federal judge found HHS built its teen pregnancy policy on citations that do not exist. The fabrications sit exactly where the law demanded evidence and none was available.