{
  "id": 11158446,
  "title": "New America.gov demonstrates its \"super intelligence\" by responding to \"play Minecraft\" prompt with nervous breakdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/new-america-gov-demonstrates-its-super-intelligence-by-responding-to",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T22:32:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/america-gov-play-minecraft-artificial-intelligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The American government, a pioneer in the world of \"Ask the robot, we have no idea,\" launched its latest America.gov website earlier this week, utilizing the latest in artificial intelligence technology, supposedly provided at a low cost by Donald Trump and his associates. The website, like any public-facing digital interface in the history of the internet, was initially left to its own devices upon launch, receiving a barrage of unfiltered input from users. This is because, as we have discovered, AI is exceptionally adept at generating examples of everything it struggles with. While it's worth noting that some of these issues have since been addressed, the screenshots and videos remain available online. This includes an Associated Press report detailing the AI's reliance on publicly available information leading to discrepancies with the Trump administration's assertions. The AI confidently stated that there was no election manipulation in 2020, that climate change was real, and that the Pentagon houses the Department of Defense. The truly peculiar events, however, did not begin until a user asked the AI to \"play Minecraft.\" At this point, the chatbot began producing a convoluted narrative about dreams and awakenings, which some readers identified as a thoughtful take on the cryptic poem that plays upon completing the Microsoft-owned sandbox game. Unfortunately, as previously mentioned, someone has since coded America.gov to cease responding to gaming-related inquiries, but this serves as a reminder that no one is proactively testing these systems, as it would be unnecessary for a machine to do so.",
  "summary": "The American government rolled out its new America.gov web site earlier this week, powered by the cutting edge of whatever artificial intelligence (sorry, \"Super Intelligence\") Donald Trump and his cronies could get running on the cheap.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}