A notable share of the Congressional Record is now being produced by generative AI, and that AI content appears measurably skewed in tone (Cowen cites a 25% AI share and a ~30% more 'progressive' tilt). This shifts not just how legislation is written but what gets recorded as the official public record.
— If official legislative records increasingly include AI‑authored text with detectable ideological tilt, that raises questions about transparency, attribution, archival integrity, and subtle agenda‑setting inside democratic institutions.
Tyler Cowen
2026.03.13
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Tyler Cowen links to a claim: "In the past three months of the 119th Congress, fully 25% of documents in the Congressional Record are AI-generated," and that such text is ~30% more 'progressive' and concentrated in resolutions.
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