By Will McCurdy
Publication Date: 2026-03-15 12:07:00
Senate aides are now allowed to use AI chatbots like Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot to help with their work.
In a memo to staff seen by The New York Times, aides were given permission to use Copilot to “help with routine Senate work, including drafting and editing documents, summarizing information, preparing talking points and briefing material, and conducting research and analysis.”
The memo omitted mention of Anthropic’s Claude, one of the world’s most popular chatbots, which is currently under fire from the Trump administration, with the President calling the AI firm “left-wing nut jobs” in a Truth Social post. The House allowed its aides to use tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude for their work, according to a POPVOX Foundation report from last year. However, there are restrictions on sensitive use cases, such as handling sensitive data or drafting speeches. Questions still remain about whether aides using the…
