diff --git a/packages/app/src/react/features/ai-chat/utils/stream.ts b/packages/app/src/react/features/ai-chat/utils/stream.ts
index 0e2b2129e..0d7a22549 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/react/features/ai-chat/utils/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/react/features/ai-chat/utils/stream.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const parseChunk = (chunk: TStreamChunk) => {
   const errorMessage = chunk.error || (chunk.isError ? chunk.content : null);
 
   return {
-    hasContent: Boolean(chunk.content && chunk.content.trim() !== ''),
+    hasContent: Boolean(chunk.content != null && chunk.content !== ''),
     content: chunk.content || '',
     hasMetaMessages: Boolean(
       chunk.debugOn ||