C'mon, you don't need an AI to check your spelling

C'mon, you don't need an AI to check your spelling Florida Republican claimed to use Claude as a proofreader, nothing else. If there's one thing we love more than catching a politician doing something silly, it's the excuse they confect to try and get out of it. The latest involves Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna, who was caught using AI in a draft amendment to a bill because the text included the phrase "Claude responded:." Which might hint that someone pasted in a conversation with the Anthropic chatbot of the same name and forgot to hide it. Luna was quick to shut down the accusation, posting on X (as reported by Gizmodo), that her staff "used AI to correct a draft text and didn't edit," adding that it's "not a shocker" as "most staff use it." Not long after, her posts were deleted, probably because it wouldn't be ideal to admit you used AI to do your job for you. She then posted an amended explanation, saying "my staff used AI to spell/grammar check the amendment SUMMARY, not the actual amendment text itself." Shortly after, she posted again saying "FYI NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI," and that screenshot was merely depicting an "AI summary of the bill that's also used for spellcheck." She also asked "what dork planted this story?" and, to further bolster her reasonable credentials, threw in a tears of joy emoji for good measure. Now, look, I'm just a simple, country lawyer with none of your highfaultin' fancy ways, so I entirely believe Luna's response. After all, it's very reasonable for someone to use an AI chatbot to check their spelling and grammar, since that feature hasn't been widely available on computers since Luna was six years old. Hell, even if you used Superhuman's (Grammarly) brand of ghoulish AI to check your spelling and grammar, it wouldn't insert references to its brand into the text of the documents you're working on. Which makes me think that, you know, maybe parts of this story don't quite check out. [Image text:] NewsWire @NewsWireUS16h NEWE Rep.Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) Used Anthropic's Claude AI Chatbot to Draft AmendmenttoDefenseBill access direct care at the VA to telehealth opioid-use- disorder (OuD) treatment providers in the community. Late increasing example specific factors.Identical to H.R. 100 (118th Congress).11:25 AM????Claude responded Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate Department of Defense activities, support, and operations at the southwest land border as a named operation with.. Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate 128 914 5.9K 674K A Rep.Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna Yeah my staff used Al to spell/grammar check the amendment SUMMARY, not the actual amendment text itself.Not a shocker.Most staff use it.I have told them to make sure they are double checking and more thorough.What dork planted this story?Btw love Claude but Grok is way more savage. 7:20PMJun24,202645.5KViews