America.gov’s new AI chatbot produced a bureaucratic reworking of Minecraft’s End Poem when prompted to “Play Minecraft”, then denied having written it despite being shown a record of the exchange. The episode raises questions about the chatbot’s reliability, particularly as it is intended to help people find information about the US government.

The remix replaced the poem’s references to the universe and player with republics, paperwork and constituents, while retaining much of its wording and structure. The article says the chatbot reportedly uses Google’s Gemini in part, and cites other examples from a Bluesky user: it declined to discuss Mississippi’s child marriage laws and whether marrying an eagle is legal, but also has playful features such as a 1980s display mode and a hotdog-shaped search bar.