AI or Coincidence? ChatGPT's Answer Matches President Trump’s New Tariff Plan

After President Donald Trump announced a new tariff plan on April 2, several X users noticed that the same approach could be generated using a basic prompt in ChatGPT.

The new policy sets a minimum 10% tax on goods coming into the US from other countries, with some nations facing even higher charges. For instance, China’s goods will be taxed at 34%, Japan’s at 24%, and the European Union’s at 20%. The plan is set to take effect on April 5 and will apply to 185 countries.

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One X user, who goes by DCinvestor, said they entered a simple trade-related prompt into ChatGPT and received a nearly identical answer to President Trump’s announced plan. He noted that the AI tool described the idea as original and not based on any existing policy.

His comments were in response to another post from crypto trader Jordan Fish, known as Cobie, who had asked ChatGPT how to create a tariff model that would level the playing field in terms of trade deficits, setting 10% as a minimum. The AI gave an answer that closely matched the US policy announcement.

Ryan Petersen, CEO of logistics company Flexport, stated in a post on X that the formula was straightforward and matched what users said ChatGPT had generated. He explained that it measures the size of the US trade gap with a country and turns that into a tariff rate.

Meanwhile, Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, announced plans to introduce an open-weight language model in 2025. What is it? Read the full story.