Jun 24, 2026Confirmed
Congresswoman's office reportedly left Claude chatbot transcript text in a public House amendment summary
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A staffer in Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's office reportedly used Claude to prepare a summary of an amendment to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Chatbot transcript text, including a timestamp and a "Claude responded:" marker, was pasted into the public House Rules Committee record. The summary was later corrected.
What this means for youAI-written text can slip into official documents when no one checks it. If you use a chatbot for work, read and clean up its output before you publish or send it.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1641
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