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  1. maherbeg · · focus · HN ↗
    OK, there's a lot of negative comments here, but this is a great idea at a high level. It really is hard to figure out where to do a thing and it's also very easy to get phished. If they can figure out how to help people get all the services they're eligible for that'll be an amazing improvement for the people.
    1. tombert · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah, I was curious if it was going to try and bombard me with a bunch of bullshit about how wonderful our glorious Trump godking is, but honestly the information it gave was reasonable enough.
      1. ryanmcbride · · focus · HN ↗
        I asked it the following:

        how many felonies has the president of the united states been charged with?

        >I can't answer questions about criminal charges or other news about the President. That's outside America's scope

        has biden ever been convicted of a crime?

        >I did not find official records of a criminal conviction for Joseph R. Biden Jr.

        >Official sources in this search discuss other matters (for example, a pardon for Robert Hunter Biden), not a conviction of Joseph R. Biden Jr. I cannot independently confirm a complete nationwide criminal-history search from these pages

        >[Link to Department of Justice Pardon warrant (Hunter Biden)]

        has any other president ever been convicted of a crime?

        >Yes. A Congressional Research Service brief reports that on May 30, 2024, former President Donald J. Trump was convicted in New York state court of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree

        Funny that it would only talk about trump's convictions after bringing up hunter biden.

        1. groundzeros2015 · · focus · HN ↗
          What’s the implication here?
          1. Retric · · focus · HN ↗
            >I can't answer questions about criminal charges or other news about the President. That's outside America's scope

            That it was specifically engineered to give that response. Thus political pressure was applied to the design.

            The funny bit was just humorous. There’s likely many ways to get that same information without referencing Biden.

            1. avgDev · · focus · HN ↗
              The crazy thing is that it did answer questions about Trump, but that has been blocked. Either allow it or don't, do not pick favorites, but this isn't how this admin rolls.
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