Trump and Vance unveil America.gov AI tool for federal services

On September 29, 2026, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, President Donald Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered site that scrapes more than 29,000 government websites to help people find federal information and services in one place. He signed an executive order directing agencies to integrate public-facing services with the platform. Joe Gebbia said users can ask in plain language and never go back into the maze. Trump said with America.gov the federal government no longer stands in your way and stands only at your service; called it not just simply a website, a restoration of America's founding promise, and a reinvention of your government for the 21st century and beyond; and said anyone who's used Grok or Gemini or ChatGPT will understand instantly how to use America.gov. Not complicated. Planned uses include passport applications, name changes after marriage, campsite reservations, Medicare plan selection and veterans' benefits access. CONTESTED: none identified on the launch facts. On related AI talks, Trump claimed after meeting Xi Jinping the prior week that they agreed to leave AI exactly where it is; Forbes reported Xi sounded more cautious about keeping AI under human control. A White House lunch with AI executives followed the event. Trump met Dario Amodei privately. Trump said whoever wins superintelligence wins and plans to rename AI as superintelligence. Earlier in September, Anthropic whistleblower Jacob Coxon resigned and warned about AI risk, and Amodei penned a risk-prevention letter co-signed by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis.