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Truth Social’s new AI search engine basically just pushes Fox News

Jess Weatherbed

created: Aug. 7, 2025, 2:04 p.m. | updated: Aug. 7, 2025, 4:38 p.m.

Donald Trump’s Truth Social has launched a new AI search feature that consistently pushes conservative media sources. The feature, Truth Search AI, is powered by the AI startup Perlexity and is now available on the web version of Trump’s social media platform, with public testing coming to the iOS and Android apps “in the near future.”In our testing, all of the source links that Truth Search AI cited were for conservative publications, including Fox News, Fox Business, The Washington Times, and The Federalist. The vast majority of these links directed users to articles published by Fox outlets, which suggests the Perplexity-powered search engine is limiting results to Trump-supporting media. “Current evidence indicates that Trump’s tariffs have not improved the overall U.S. economy and are associated with a net negative effect, though some specific sectors benefit,” Truth Search AI wrote in response. The sourcing pool for Truth Social’s AI search tool seems, unsuprisingly, very narrow.

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