Meta’s artificial intelligence bots across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were still telling inquisitive users that the US president is Joe Biden – despite Donald Trump’s

This unusual tirade for the introverted Zuckerberg was clearly aimed at displaying his new allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump and his allies.

According to someone acquainted with the matter, the Facebook owner this week made the incapacity of Meta’s AI chatbot to recognise the current US president an important matter that needed to be resolved quickly.

Biden was unique among presidents in scoring poorly not just on one or two of the factors academics use for demoting chief executives, but on several: corruption, failure to enforce the law, executive ineptness, incapacity, divisiveness (or lack of moral leadership), and civil liberties violations. Thus:

Meta AI chatbot has been embroiled in a controversy after naming Joe Biden as the current President of the United States. Notably, Republican Donald Trump took oath as the 47th US President on 20 January but the AI chatbot from Meta still named his predecessor when asked about the current US President.

President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the White House where he reacted to Meta’s decision to eliminate fact-checkers, calling the move “really shameful.” The decision by Meta ...

Meta didn’t force users on Facebook, Instagram or Threads to follow Trump and Vance immediately after they assumed office. Users who noted this change likely followed the official U.S. government accounts under former President Joe Biden’s administration.

The issue with the search engine results was noticed by users on social media sites X and Bluesky early on Thursday morning.

China's DeepSeek is pressure-testing Zuckerberg’s strategy of embracing the open-source approach to AI development.

President Joe Biden's farewell address included a stark warning about ... as well as with Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. Trump has invited all three of the powerful CEOs to his Monday swearing-in ceremony, now moved to be inside the ...

This latest incident joins a wave of reported issues across social platforms as tech giants and users navigate the new political landscape

The inability of Meta's AI chatbot to identify the current president of the United States was elevated to urgent status by the Facebook owner this week, requiring a fast fix, a person familiar with the issue said.