Backlash as GOP lawmaker doubles down on using AI on bills: 'Incompetent intentionally'

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 2, 2026 · 3m

When Congress Outsources Judgment to a ChatbotThe SummaryRep. Anna Paulina Luna’s office submitted a defense bill amendment summary that still contained the chatbot’s own label, “Claude responded:”, along with timestamp residue and filler text. After the error went viral, Luna said staff had used AI “to correct a draft text” and “didn’t edit,” then told them to be more careful.The Power Was Never the ProblemThe important fact is not that a staffer used AI. The important fact is that a sitting member of Congress has institutional power over legislative language, and her office treated that…