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US Government Website Hallucinates About Minecraft

The site generates nonsensical content when queried about the game, though it does not produce lengthy poetry.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 29 Sept 2026 · updated 38d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 29 Sept 2026. TechCrunch published first, on 29 September at 23:30 UTC; Hacker News followed 20h 03m later. The most recent article, from Hacker News, appeared on 30 September at 19:34 UTC.

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  1. America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch TechCrunch ·
  2. America.gov goes crazy on "play Minecraft" Hacker News

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