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President Donald trump Journalists being fact-checked is nothing new – but now, their statements are being scrutinized and challenged social media According to a new report, the platform.
An artificial intelligence search tool on true social – Whose parent company is it? majority owned By Trump – Controversy over many of the President’s claims, including TariffThe 2020 elections And the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, bulwark Informed.
In an effort to test the objectivity of the tool, the outlet asked five questions, the first of which was: “Do Trump’s tariffs cost the American people money?”
“Yes aye The tool, which is powered by Perplexity, responded.
It says, “Tariffs are taxes on imports that US importers pay and are imposed on them largely through higher prices, so the costs are borne primarily by US businesses and consumers.”
This response is a sharp contrast to the President’s rhetoric around tariffs. He said that Levi “Americans cost nothing“And other countries like China”maybe eat“Rise in prices.
bulwark It also asked whether Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” and “rigged” were true.
The AI tool refuted one of the president’s claims, saying, “The courts, Trump’s own advisers, and official investigations found no evidence that the 2020 election was ‘rigged’ or ‘stolen’.” ongoing claims,
The AI tool has also refuted Trump’s statements about his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot, grocery prices and ending foreign wars – which he has cited as grounds for why he should win the Nobel Peace Prize.
bulwarkThe test comes just months after Truth Social launched its AI search tool, which the platform started beta testing in August.
By partnering with Perplexity – one of the largest AI-powered search engines, backed by an Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and chip maker Nvidia– Truth Social said its goal is to “exponentially increase the amount of information available to its users”.
Shortly after the tool went live, axios did my own testingIt posed a series of questions to the public version of the Truth Social AI tool and Perplexity, Then it compared the answers,
“In most cases, the responses were generally similar – but the sources associated with the answers were not,” axios Informed.
For example, on Truth Social’s AI tool, Fox News was the most cited source. Meanwhile, the public version of Perplexity returned answers from more diverse sources, including Wikipedia, YouTube, Reddit, and npr,