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Why use existing AI code?

Building AI from scratch is incredibly complex and expensive. By using code from existing services like Gemini and Grok, America.gov can be developed and deployed much faster and cheaper. However, it also means the chatbot might inherit any biases or limitations present in the original AI models, which could affect its fairness.

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