Social media buzzed after President Trump introduced a new reciprocal tariff plan. Some suggest the plan might have been crafted with the help of ChatGPT.
Social Media Buzz
Shortly after Trump's announcement on April 2, users on platform X claimed to have replicated the tariff plan using ChatGPT. NFT collector DCinvestor told his 260,000 followers that he was able to duplicate the tariff plan, noting that ChatGPT mentioned the idea hadn't been formalized before.
Public and Expert Reactions
X user Cobie conducted a similar experiment with ChatGPT, while Journal of Public Economics editor Wojtek Kopczuk also reported similar results. Author Krishnan Rohit speculated this could be the first large-scale application of AI in geopolitics.
Impact on the Crypto Market
The crypto market reacted negatively to the tariff introduction, plunging 5%. Bitcoin dropped by $5,500 to $82,277 but recovered slightly afterwards.
While the theory about ChatGPT crafting the tariff plan seems dubious, it has drawn public interest and fueled debates about AI use in policymaking.
