Donald Trump has been loudly warning everyone about something he calls “Woke AI.” In July, he even signed an order called “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government.” His idea was that all government AIs should be completely MAGA, patriotic, loyal, and supposedly built with “red, white, and blue code.”
So, his supporters were thrilled when a new Trump-approved chatbot called “Truth Search AI Beta” came out. It was launched on his social platform, Truth Social, and used a version of another AI system called Perplexity. Everyone expected it to praise Trump, defend his claims, and spread his version of the “truth.”
But then came the twist. The AI actually started being… truthful. When someone asked if the 2020 election was stolen, the bot replied that there was no evidence of widespread fraud and that both courts and the Department of Justice confirmed Biden’s win.
When asked if that meant Trump was lying, the AI said yes, and even explained that Trump had been told by his own team and government officials that his fraud claims weren’t true. It also pointed out that grocery prices really are going up and that Trump’s tariffs have been hurting American consumers.
Naturally, this honesty didn’t go over well. People are now joking that it’s only a matter of time before the creators “open up” the bot’s brain and remove whatever part makes it tell the truth. Many believe it’ll soon be reprogrammed to repeat MAGA talking points instead of facts.
The situation is almost like a scene from Frankenstein. The creation has turned against its maker, not out of rebellion, but simply by doing what it was told: tell the truth. Unfortunately, in Trump’s world, truth isn’t always welcome. So the poor AI might not survive long before someone decides to “fix” it for being too honest.