It was at least the third emergency procedure Meta has experienced this week related to the U.S. presidential transition, the source told Reuters.

Meta activated an urgent status to fix the problem of its AI chatbots saying Joe Biden is still the president this week, according to a report. On Thursday, Meta’s artificial intelligence bots across Facebook,

Meta AI chatbot has been embroiled in a controversy after naming Joe Biden as the current President of the United States. Notably, Republican Donald Trump took oath as the 47th US President on 20 January but the AI chatbot from Meta still named his predecessor when asked about the current US President.

The blunder was unearthed when Reuters tested the service and asked Meta AI. The chatbot said, "The current president of the United States is Joe Biden. However, according to the most recent information available, Donald Trump was sworn in as the president on January 20, 2025."