America.gov chatbot gives conflicting answers on the 2020 election and Jan. 6

The Trump administration’s new America.gov AI service gave users conflicting responses to politically sensitive questions on Tuesday and Wednesday, sometimes answering and sometimes refusing. [1] The service is powered by Google’s Gemini and Elon Musk’s Grok and aims to help Americans navigate government-related tasks through an AI chatbot. [1]

Axios found that America.gov contradicted President Trump on the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack, while also confirming that former President Obama was born in Hawaii. [1] The White House said America.gov would continue to be updated to provide Americans with what it called the most accurate and reliable federal information and resources. [1]

America.gov places Gemini and Grok behind one public interface, but the observed inconsistency means its answer can depend on behavior users cannot inspect. The comparison is not between two published model outputs: Axios did not assign particular answers to Gemini or Grok. The immediate issue is therefore how the combined service applies its instructions and guardrails to sensitive questions. What the sources don't address: which model produced each response or what specific updates the White House plans to make.