Canadian Legislator Reads AI Prompt During Speech

During a recent legislative assembly session in New Brunswick, Canadian legislator Bill Oliver, a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, read a line that appeared to be an instruction from a large language model (LLM) into the record. In his speech, Oliver stated, "One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to those offices." He followed this by reading, "here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points," which suggests he may have been referencing an AI-generated text. The incident initially went unnoticed but gained traction on social media platforms such as Reddit and Threads, eventually attracting mainstream media attention from outlets like the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Toronto Star.