Hot Dog! America's new chatbot is packed with wieners
30-09-2026 23:07 via theregister.com

Hot Dog! America's new chatbot is packed with wieners

The White House's new AI chatbot, America.gov, turns out to be a bit of a sausage fest. Not long after the AI-powered portal went live this week, El Reg readers were met face-to-face with a life size Frankfurter. The prompt? "hotdog." How the apparent Easter egg, a raw dog criminally devoid of condiments, made it onto the site, we can't say. We reached out to the White House for comment on the mystery meat, but sadly haven't heard back. But given the AI chatbot's general lack of polish, it would
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