GoKawiilAmerica.gov chatbot recites reworked Minecraft 'End Poem' as easter egg
The federal government's new AI chatbot, America.gov, built with help from Google and SpaceXAI, responds to Minecraft-related prompts with a roughly 1,800-word rewrite of the game's 'End Poem' by Julian Gough rather than malfunctioning. Trump has credited 20-year-old programmer Edward Coristine, known as 'Big Balls' and formerly of DOGE, as a lead engineer on the project.
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The episode shows the chatbot has so far resisted attempts to jailbreak it, which matters for a public-facing government AI tool expected to handle sensitive queries reliably. The presence of a niche pop-culture easter egg also hints at the informal culture and personnel behind the project, though the source does not confirm who specifically inserted the reference.
- America.gov is a new AI chatbot launched by the U.S. government with Google and SpaceXAI's help.
- Asking it about Minecraft triggers a lengthy rewritten version of the game's 'End Poem,' not an error.
- Edward Coristine, a young ex-DOGE programmer, was named by Trump as a lead engineer on the project.
Source: techcrunch.com — Amanda Silberling, 2026-09-29
Published there as: “America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch”
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