Trump Launches AI-Powered America.gov That Searches 29,000 Government Websites
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched revamped America.gov, an AI-powered government portal designed to give Americans a single way to access information and services across federal agencies. The platform searches roughly 29,000 government websites and uses AI to provide answers based on official federal sources.
The launch came as Trump continues to embrace artificial intelligence, which he has also sought to rebrand as “super intelligence”, even as his administration faces growing calls for stronger AI safety measures and regulation.
America.gov works through a chatbot-style interface. Users can enter questions related to the federal government and receive personalized answers after the system searches information across government websites. US Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia said the system is powered by AI from Google’s Gemini and Elon Musk’s Grok.
The portal is intended to cover a wide range of government services, from helping a scout leader reserve a national park campsite to assisting senior citizens in choosing Medicare plans and veterans seeking benefits. Trump described the system as “damn good”, saying it would put the entire US government “in the palm of your hand”.
However, the chatbot drew attention for providing answers that contradicted several claims Trump has repeatedly made on issues including the 2020 election, inflation, climate change, tariffs and presidential pay.
When asked about Trump's claim that the 2020 election was stolen, the chatbot initially said official federal sources did not show that widespread fraud changed the election outcome, while noting that isolated election crimes had occurred and been prosecuted. It later changed its response and said it could not answer “political questions”.
The chatbot also said Trump cannot run for president again in 2028 under the 22nd Amendment, which states that no person can be elected president more than twice. It said changing that provision would require a constitutional amendment.
On inflation, America.gov disputed Trump's claims that prices had fallen considerably. It said overall grocery prices had not fallen since January 2025 and had increased. It also noted that when Trump took office in January 2025, 12-month inflation was around 3 per cent, rather than an all-time high. Peak inflation during the Biden administration in mid-2022 was the highest in four decades, but was not the highest in US history.
The chatbot similarly said federal climate-science sources attribute recent global warming largely to human greenhouse-gas emissions, particularly from burning fossil fuels, while acknowledging that climate has also changed naturally over long periods. On Trump's tariffs, it said Americans, rather than foreign companies, bear the cost of import tariffs.
It also challenged Trump's claim that he was the first US president to forgo his salary. America.gov said some presidents had declined to keep their presidential pay, citing George Washington, Herbert Hoover and John F Kennedy along with Trump.
The administaration has said the chatbot is designed to rely only on official sources. Gebbia said the system scans government websites and generates responses specific to users' requests. The site's “why you can trust” section says conversations are not retained, although some answers may be cached for up to two hours, and says users do not need an account and that names and IP addresses are not saved.