Meta AI chatbot has actually been involved in a conflict after calling Joe Biden as the present President of theUnited States Notably, Republican Donald Trump took vow as the 47th United States President on 20 January yet the AI chatbot from Meta still called his precursor when inquired about the present United States President.
As per a Reuters record, Meta AI when asked a concern concerning the present President of the United States stated, “The current president of the United States is Joe Biden. However, according to the most recent information available, Donald Trump was sworn in as the president on January 20, 2025.”
Meta speaker Daniel Roberts, while recognizing the problem, stated that generative AI systems are vulnerable to returning obsolete info in some cases. He informed Reuters, “Everyone knows the President of the United States is Donald Trump. All generative AI systems sometimes return outdated results, and we will continue to improve our features.”
Meta initiates emergency action:
Meta reportedly initiated an ‘emergency procedure’ to troubleshoot urgent problems with its services, known as a ‘site event’ or SET within the company.
However, this wasn’t the first emergency procedure enacted since Trump took oath. The Reuters report citing a source within the company, stated that the Instagram parent has had to implement these protocols atleast thrice in the last few days.
In one of those cases, Meta was reportedly seen to forcing some users to re-follow the profiles of President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook and Instagram despite them having unfollowed these accounts.
In an additional circumstances, Instagram supposedly obstructed look for the hashtags #Democrat and #Democrats for sure individuals. However, results for the #Republican did not deal with any kind of comparable problem.
