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Canadian politician repeatedly reads out AI prompts in speech: 'Here’s a more natural flowing version'

In the New Brunswick legislative assembly, MLA Bill Oliver read out a line from a prepared text that started: ‘Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech...’

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A New Brunswick politician has chalked up a dubious world’s first for Canada by apparently reading out AI prompts in an official speech.

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In a June 9 speech to the legislative assembly, Progressive Conservative Bill Oliver read out the following line from a prepared text: “Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points.”

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While it’s certainly not the first time a politician has been caught using AI to write a speech, this does appear to be the first time that the politician in question........

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