Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech

Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative legislator in New Brunswick, became an inadvertent case study in AI mishaps this week when video of a recent floor speech went viral. During his remarks, he read aloud what appears to be an LLM's own commentary: 'here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points.' He'd apparently forgotten to delete the chatbot's editing notes before taking the stage. The gaffe went largely unnoticed at the time, but video spread across social media earlier this week, drawing coverage from Canada's major outlets including the CBC and the Toronto Star. According to Ars Technica, the incident has sparked conversation about politicians' reliance on AI tools—and the perils of not scrubbing your draft before going live.

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