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US Government AI Chatbot America.gov Omits Recent Crypto Legislation

The US government’s AI chatbot America.gov, launched September 29 as a unified federal digital gateway drawing on some 29,000 government websites, does not cover some recent crypto legislation and presents digital-asset guidance the SEC has already withdrawn, including on bitcoin reserves, crypto regulation and tax filing. Built with Google’s Gemini as technology partner and Grok also involved, it offers tax forms, scam reporting and security tips, and its FAQ warns AI can err and users should check each reply’s cited sources.

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The gap is telling less for what it omits than for what it reveals about how government AI systems source and refresh their material: a unified gateway drawing on tens of thousands of sites still surfaces withdrawn SEC guidance, suggesting retrieval and update cycles lag policy changes. That matters for anyone using a federal tool as a first-stop reference on digital-asset rules, where stale guidance can mislead even when cited. The FAQ's own advice to check cited sources implicitly shifts verification back to the user. Whether the chatbot's crypto coverage is corrected, and how quickly, is the open question.

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