I tested America.gov, the government's AI chatbot, on health questions

TL;DR

America.gov, a new AI chatbot from the White House, aims to provide official government health information.
Testing revealed the chatbot provided conflicting information on vaccines and autism, quoting different CDC pages.
The chatbot failed to mention a federal judge's order pausing a change to the hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
It also provided outdated information on insulin cost caps, referencing a pilot program instead of the law that replaced it.
While accurate on some general health advice, the chatbot's reliability on nuanced or contested topics is questionable.

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