{
  "id": 1692889,
  "title": "U.S. lawmakers increasingly use AI to write legislative proposals — Politico",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/u-s-lawmakers-increasingly-use-ai-to-write-legislative-proposals",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/ai-generated-bills-swamp-u-s-congress-50633639.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. lawmakers are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to draft legislative proposals, according to Politico's report on Aug. 17. The outlet cited eight current and former officials who noted that AI-generated bills frequently contain errors. These errors require extensive revisions from congressional attorneys, which can delay legislative timelines and introduce significant litigation vulnerabilities due to misquoted statutory provisions or flawed legal definitions. Lawyers often spend more time correcting these widespread errors than actually drafting the documents from scratch. Another major challenge involves AI-generated bills that cite non-existent or incorrect sections of existing statutes and the U.S. Code. The integration of AI in Capitol Hill raises concerns about not only text quality but also lawmakers' substantive understanding of their proposals. Many individuals introducing these drafts struggle to articulate the specific policy outcomes they aim to achieve. Daniel Schuman, executive director of the American Governance Institute, emphasized that AI is not yet ready to write statutory language suitable for passing into law. A source advising government officials on AI adoption stated that lawmakers and their aides frequently use large language models like ChatGPT or Claude to generate statutory text. The U.S. Department of Justice stressed that primary responsibility for introduced legislation lies with members of Congress and their staff, and this responsibility cannot be outsourced to a chatbot. As of now, there are no confirmed instances of the House of Representatives or the Senate voting on legislation entirely authored by artificial intelligence.",
  "summary": "Congressional legal counsels are struggling to handle a growing influx of legislative proposals drafted using artificial intelligence, Politico reported on Aug. 17, citing eight current and former officials.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}