Trump administration rolls out AI tool for government-related questions

President Donald Trump announced the rollout of America.gov, an AI portal run by the General Services Administration that answers federal government questions using only official government sources, at a White House event on Tuesday. Trump said the administration condensed 29,000 government websites into the AI model and that he would sign an executive order renaming "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence" in all U.S. documents. The site, which launched at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, is free, ad-free, and warns users that AI can make mistakes and that they should check cited sources before making important decisions.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the rollout of America.gov https://america.gov/ , which is an artificial intelligence portal for the federal government that can answer questions people may have for various agencies. Trump announced the new technology at an event before meeting with AI executives over lunch at the White House. This comes just after the president detailed the competition with China to lead in the AI world and as some American-based AI leaders have asked for guardrails for the emerging tech. “With America.gov, the federal government no longer stands in your way, and it stands only at your service,” Trump said. “And that’s what we’re doing. We’re simplifying it. We’re glamorizing it.” Trump argued that the launch of the AI website was restoring a promise from the country’s founding by putting power and control “back into the hands of the people.” The site, which was teased with a countdown until 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, revealed a search bar that prompts people to ask questions like how veterans can get care, if people qualify for Medicare or how to secure a passport for their children. “America.gov uses AI to get simple answers only from official government sources,” the website said. “It’s free to use, never includes ads, and keeps your privacy protected.” America.gov aims to simplify government The administration said that it has condensed 29,000 government websites into the AI model, eliminating “wandering from site to site” by bringing all the information into one database. The platform states it should be trusted because, without ads, the information displayed will never be influenced by a third party. The information comes “straight from the source,” meaning it comes from government websites with links to the original sources. The website will be run by the General Services Administration, which is an agency that supplies technology for the government. The site notes that since it is being run by AI, the technology can sometimes make mistakes and users should check the sources included in their inquiries before making important decisions. “We’re making it dramatically easier and faster and more convenient to get what you need exactly when you need it,” Trump said. “And for our entire lives, we’ve become used to a government so big it makes the citizen feel very, very small.” Trump noted that anyone who has used other AI models like X’s Grok, Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, will “instantly” understand how to use the new government platform. Trump signals order changing AI’s name During his remarks, Trump announced he’d be signing an executive order changing the way that government refers to the emerging technology. It comes about a week after he addressed the United Nations General Assembly and said the U.S. would be changing the name of artificial intelligence to “super intelligence.” He argued that the word “artificial” makes the intelligence sound “fake,” and he said it’s not fake but “actually amazing.” “From this point forward, all of the United States’ documents — and hopefully the world’s — will be changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super’ as opposed to artificial,” he said. “So, it’s super intelligence.” Trump also highlighted the race between leading countries to dominate the artificial intelligence world. His remarks come just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping made a state visit to Washington, where the two leaders were expected to talk about AI. The president said Tuesday that someone suggested a joint venture with China over AI but the U.S. would be “giving a lot of secrets” to them if they teamed up. He said he and Xi didn’t talk about AI much during the visit because Trump didn’t want to make a deal since the U.S. is leading the innovation. “We’re leading now over China and everyone else, and I want to keep it that way,” he said. Should guardrails be put up around AI? The announcement and rollout of the website also comes at an uncertain time for AI innovation in the country, as some tech executives sound the alarm on what the technology is capable of and argue government guardrails should be put in place. Johnson will be with Trump at the White House meeting with AI executives on Tuesday as lawmakers are facing growing pressure to put regulations in place over the rapid development of AI and concerns that it poses threats to humanity. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is expected to attend the meeting, as well as OpenAI’s President Greg Brockman, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, CBS News reported https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-johnson-ai-executives-meeting-anthropic-openai/ . Nvidia’s Huang has argued regulations are not necessary, and that companies should police themselves based on existing laws. Anthropic’s Amodei has been calling for safeguards on the industry and met with Trump on Sunday. Amodei and OpenAI executives have called out the rapid expansion of AI development and the concerns they have about the potential risks. OpenAI shared a significant announcement https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-halts-gpt-astra-safety-concerns/ Monday that it was holding off on releasing its latest model to the public due to concerns about safety. Trump and other officials have pushed back on efforts to add new regulations on AI, particularly as it concerns the race against China. Johnson told Fox Business https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405734766112 on Monday that he hopes the meeting will find the “right balance” between regulating AI and allowing the companies to continue to innovate.