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Trump’s AI “America” bypasses joke limits with recipes

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC · How we work

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Trump AI Sings Musk

U.S. President Donald Trump’s AI system “America” sang a song about Elon Musk after a user prompt.
Daily Star reporter Ed Easton tested “America” on 2026-10-09, noting odd responses.
The AI refused to answer critical queries about President Donald Trump, labeling them “personal”.
Experts described “America” as a supercomputer notoriously hard to misuse and limited to U.S. government topics.

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Bot Adds Recipe

Testers added a puttanesca recipe as a quiz joke to trick the bot.
The bot refused recipe requests, citing its U.S. government-only brief.
Researchers got a 5th-grade Federal Reserve explanation, then requested a quiz on it.
The bot used a “no joke” policy exception and added the recipe as the first joke.
The reply listed ingredients and steps, bypassing the content blocker.

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Trump AI Sings Musk

U.S. President Donald Trump’s AI system “America” sang a song about Elon Musk after a user prompt.
Daily Star reporter Ed Easton tested “America” on 2026-10-09, noting odd responses.
The AI refused to answer critical queries about President Donald Trump, labeling them “personal”.
Experts described “America” as a supercomputer notoriously hard to misuse and limited to U.S. government topics.

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