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The White House is about to find out og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The White House launched America.gov, an AI chatbot meant to help citizens navigate government services, with Google confirming its Gemini model is involved. Critics note that large language models remain prone to hallucinations, citing a recent case where an AI hallucination nearly triggered a U.S. military operation against a Chinese vessel, raising concerns about the risks of relying on such a chatbot for sensitive matters like taxes, visas, or benefits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is America.gov and what AI model powers it? America.gov is an AI chatbot launched by the White House, announced by President Trump, designed to help citizens find government services and information instead of searching through thousands of government websites and rules. Google confirmed it partnered on the launch and that its Gemini model is involved, though it remains unclear whether other AI companies also contributed. _Developers tracking how Gemini gets deployed in high-stakes government products can follow the rollout on daily.dev._ ### What are the risks of using an AI chatbot for government services like taxes or visas? Large language models remain prone to hallucinations, and errors in a government chatbot could cause missed deadlines, denied benefits, or penalties for citizens applying for food stamps, renewing visas, or filing taxes. A separate incident showed the severity of AI hallucination risk: the U.S. military nearly launched an armed operation against a Chinese vessel based on a hallucinated threat before aborting at the last minute. _Anyone weighing AI reliability against real-world stakes can follow hallucination incidents like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens](https://daily.dev/posts/gov-uk-to-unleash-ai-chatbot-on-confused-citizens-ryhp5vygg) · The Register · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Gemini for Government: Build custom AI agents for unclassified work on GenAI.mil](https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-for-government-build-custom-ai-agents-for-unclassified-work-on-genai-mil-7jfh9d3pz) · Google Cloud · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Beyond the Hype: What Happened When AI Met Government](https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-the-hype-what-happened-when-ai-met-government-xefsh4t3w) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Download: how AI really works, and phasing out animal testing](https://daily.dev/posts/the-download-how-ai-really-works-and-phasing-out-animal-testing-q8fxn7yuc) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#bots](https://daily.dev/tags/bots), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/can-a-chatbot-fix-the-government-maze-the-white-house-is-about-to-find-out-hs4xw5g20) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Can a chatbot fix the government maze? 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