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uses a Chinese open source model
Reporting on the launch says America.gov uses Google’s Gemini and xAI’s Grok, not a Chinese open-source model.
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Multiple contemporaneous reports on America.gov’s launch identify the site’s AI stack as Google Gemini and xAI’s Grok.
- Quartz reports that U.S. Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia said the site is powered by Google’s Gemini and Grok.
- The Register separately reports that Google confirmed it was a technology partner leveraging Gemini, and that a White House spokesperson said xAI’s Grok is the other tech partner.
That contradicts the post’s claim that the site "uses a Chinese open source model."
The "open source" part is also unsupported by Google’s own documentation. Google distinguishes Gemma as its family of open models, while describing Gemini separately as Google’s own flagship model family. So the available evidence points to America.gov using U.S. models (Gemini and Grok), not a Chinese open-source model.
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- Trump's new AI government portal is powered by Google's Gemini and Grok
U.S. Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia said the site is powered by Google’s Gemini and Grok, the AI model developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, according to CNBC. Google confirmed its role in the launch.
- Trump launches America.gov with AI chatbots at its core
Google confirmed ... it was a technology partner in the America.gov initiative, 'leveraging Gemini to help more than 100 million people access critical public resources with greater speed and ease.' A White House spokesperson told The Register that xAI’s Grok is the other tech partner on the initiative.
- Gemma: Introducing new state-of-the-art open models
Today, we’re excited to introduce a new generation of open models from Google... Gemma is a family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open models built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models.
- Introducing Gemini: Google’s most capable AI model yet
Today, we’re a step closer to this vision as we introduce Gemini, the most capable and general model we’ve ever built. Gemini is the result of large-scale collaborative efforts by teams across Google.