<p>Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) discussed the use of artificial intelligence by senators on Tuesday, revealing that there is a version of ChatGPT specifically for the Senate. </p>
<p>“The Senate has a version of Chat[GPT]. It’s a special Senate version of ChatGPT,” Kennedy told TMZ DC on Monday.</p>
<p>Kennedy explained that Senate employees are required to use the Senate version from OpenAI and are prohibited from using other chatbots on government devices.</p>
<p>“They have one of their own: It’s a ChatGPT Enterprise version that they’ve checked out and made sure that it’ll work,” Kennedy said.</p>
<p>According to NPR, Senate staff have access to three chatbot models: Microsoft Copilot Chat, Gemini Chat for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, and OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise, which is typically marketed to businesses.</p>
<p>In August 2025, the General Services Administration partnered with OpenAI to provide federal agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise for a discounted rate of $1 annually per agency.</p>
<p>Kennedy mentioned that he had previously used the Senate’s ChatGPT model for his own research.</p>
<p>This discussion comes as lawmakers are increasingly debating how to regulate advanced AI models, responding to warnings from industry leaders.</p>
<p>Multiple industry CEOs, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk, have urged lawmakers to establish more regulations on advanced AI technologies, citing concerns about potential negative outcomes from unregulated development.</p>
<p>As part of Congress’s efforts to address regulatory concerns, Kennedy supported an AI “kill switch” bill aimed at implementing emergency measures for chatbot systems, although the Senate blocked his proposal.</p>
<p>The Washington Examiner has reached out to OpenAI for comment.</p>