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Congress's favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications.
TL;DR
- OpenAI's ChatGPT accounts for roughly 90% of AI tool spending by House offices.
- Congress spent approximately $100,580 on ChatGPT out of a total of at least $113,740 in AI spending.
- Anthropic's Claude is the second most used AI tool, with $13,160 in spending.
- Democratic offices spent three times more on AI purchases than Republican offices.
- Congressional staffers use AI tools for tasks including writing memos, analyzing legislation, and drafting social media posts.