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Missouri AG Launches Probe Into AI Chatbots' Trump Antisemitism Rankings

He is leveraging state consumer-protection law to demand detailed records of AI training practices from major tech firms with a July 23 deadline.

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, called AI responses to be just "the tip of the iceberg" of what he calls ongoing efforts of big tech companies to suppress free speech and "produce biased results." (MARIAM ZUHAIB/AP)
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is going after artificial intelligence companies for ranking Trump poorly on antisemitism. But just last week, Trump called bankers “shylocks.”
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Overview

  • On July 10, Bailey sent formal demand letters under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Meta requiring internal AI records by July 23.
  • He alleged the chatbots provided biased and factually inaccurate rankings by placing President Trump last on antisemitism among the last five presidents.
  • The letters request detailed documentation on how the companies select inputs, train algorithms and design model architectures.
  • Bailey warned that deceptive AI outputs could void federal safe-harbor immunity for platforms hosting third-party content.
  • Tech firms now face the choice of complying with the inquiry or mounting legal challenges as state scrutiny of AI transparency intensifies.