Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They’re Using AI to Write New Laws
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Congressional staffers are increasingly relying on AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and xAI's Grok to generate new laws, according to a recent report by the Washington Post. This trend has become commonplace in both the House and Senate, with aides even using tools like ChatGPT to draft sections of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) accidentally included a Claude-generated text in the public record, unaware it was identical to H.R. 100 (118th Congress). Aides in the Capitol are embracing AI without oversight, raising concerns about the potential for errors such as nonsensical language and hallucinations to infiltrate crucial documents.
While some lawmakers have acknowledged using AI for research, there is no formal rule prohibiting its use in drafting legislation, leaving the floor open to misuse. Sydney Broome, an aide to Representative Cleo Fields (D-LA), took a more cautious approach, pledging never to use AI tools to write documents from scratch, inspired by a college rule she encountered.
The lack of federal regulations and oversight on Capitol Hill suggests that the use of AI in legislative processes may continue unabated.
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