Truth Search AI is a Perplexity Sonar API-powered answer bot launched to increase available information and provide direct, contextually accurate answers with transparent citations. Perplexity representatives said overseers could customize the tool's sources through source selection. Early tests showed the tool drew largely from traditionally conservative outlets such as FoxNews.com and FoxBusiness.com compared to Perplexity's standard engine. Despite curated conservative sourcing, the AI frequently contradicted presidential claims instead of affirming previously posted statements, including disputes over international tariffs' impact on consumers and calls for federal intervention in the national capital. A political professor called the outcome the AI being "too 'woke' for them."
Truth Search AI, a new platform-based answer bot built on Perplexity Sonar API, was launched by Trump Media and Technology Group to "increase the amount of information" available to users and offer "direct, contextually accurate answers with transparent citations." Despite the commitment to a broader information environment, Perplexity representatives explained the search tool's sources could be customized by its overseers (known as source selection). In early tests by Axios, Truth Search AI's answers appeared to be limited to sourcing from traditionally conservative outlets,
But, even with this curation, Truth Search AI isn't easily falling in line with the Trump Administration's standard talking points. In an analysis by the Washington Post, the AI tool repeatedly countered claims made by the President rather than reaffirming statements he has previously posted on Truth Social as factually correct, including the impact of international tariffs on American consumers and the need for federal intervention in what Trump has claimed is a crime-riddled national capital.
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