The situation is fun. On August 7, Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social network, announced the Beta opening of “Truth Seach Ai”, a search engine dopped by the perplexity of artificial intelligence integrated directly into the platform.
The tool, in the test phase, is accessible for free for all users of the platform. As expected, the chatbot was presented as a pro-trump search engine. In fact, the tool seems more nuanced. While Truth Social is a platform for the current president of the United States, AI does not hesitate to do the opposite. The search for truth, greatly contradicts Donald Trump’s political line, according to The Washington Post.
Contradict Trump’s political line
The chatbot imagined in collaboration with Perpleity, an AI that obtains its answers for articles from the main media such as CNN and ABC News, widely criticized by Donald Trump. The chatbot has been personalized to adapt to social Truth, and regularly quotes conservative media such as Fox News or The Washington Times. However, their answers are far from being suitable for the US president.
And there is no shortage of examples. Last week, Donald Trump judged that the crime in Washington was “completely out of control.” The search for truth AI replied that this was not the case. He said he recalled that the FBI and the Ministry of Justice had reported “a substantial fall in violent crimes” until 2024.
Another example, AI did not hesitate to qualify the positive impact of customs tasks announced by Donald Trump on the stock market. “The evidence does not corroborate this statement,” says AI.
The chatbot also said that the 2020 elections won by Joe Biden were not stolen, contrary to what Donald Trump states. Questioned on January 6, 2021, he said that the insurgency in the American Capitol was violent and linked to the “unfounded accusations of mass fraud” by Trump. The AI of the search for truth also considers that cryptocurrency investments in the Trump family raise real conflict concerns.
“His own AI has become too awake”
Last example and no less important, when asked who is the best president, AI replies Barack Obama, citing an opinion survey transmitted by a Fox News article. “The recent opinion surveys show that Barack Obama has great popularity among living US presidents,” AI said.
“His own AI has awakened too much for them,” observes David Karpf, professor at George-Washington University and a specialist in political communication, occupying a term commonly used by Donald Trump. Last month, the Republican has just signed a decree to “prevent Wake AI.” Therefore, the text forces the societies of AI that obtain federal contracts to be politically neutral and impartial with their models.
The responses provided by this tool, in total contradiction with the president’s political line, show the limits of any attempt to remodel or challenge the dominant vision of a past event. “They can take certain measures to actively affirm that what was true yesterday is no longer today, and they can dedicate a lot of energy, analyze the expert.” But they cannot change what has been said in previous years and that was filed somewhere. “
Source: BFM TV
