Viewpoint: Truth Social rolled out an AI Chatbot that relies mostly on rightwing misinformation purveyors

When I ask the new Truth Social AI chatbot about navigating bias in the media ecosystem, it gives what I view as pretty reasonable advice.

“Diversify your sources,” it responds. “Rely on news outlets across the political spectrum, including those from both left-leaning and right-leaning perspectives.”

This is advice that the AI itself may not be taking to heart. For instance, to come to the above answer it cites five sources, four of which are Fox News articles. The fifth, inexplicably, is a 400-page report from US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Health and Human Services Department titled “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria.”

The bot is powered by Perplexity AI, a search engine that answers questions using large language models and live web search. 

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While Perplexity’s AI draws from sources on the left and center, the Truth Search AI version never cited a center- or left-leaning source in dozens of tests …. In fact, the chatbot highlighted only seven sources in total in response to my queries—Fox News, Fox Business, The Washington Times, The Epoch Times, Breitbart, Newsmax, and JustTheNews.com. 

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