America.gov, a new White House AI chatbot, displays a life-sized plain hot dog when users enter “hotdog”. The Register reports that the image appears to be an unintended Easter egg, highlighting the rough state of the portal shortly after launch.

The site is intended to help Americans find and complete common tasks, and uses Google’s Gemini and SpaceXAI’s Groq. The article says it has rendering errors and unfinished features that may not be ready until 2027; in one instance, repeated presses of Enter caused more hot dogs to appear. The White House had not responded to the publication’s request for comment.