Large language models in government
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Large language models have been used by officials and politicians in a wide variety of ways.
Overview
[edit]The Conversation described ChatGPT described as a uniquely terrible tool for government ministers.[1]
Google released certain details of usage of Gemini by the governments of Iran, China, Russia and North Korea.[2]
Details by country
[edit]Australia
[edit]The Australian Government has not issued a comprehensive directive on generative AI usage, leaving decisions to individual departments. In 2023, the Department of Home Affairs allowed ChatGPT use in limited circumstances, while the Australian Federal Police blocked it.[3]
States and territories
[edit]Every state and territory, except South Australia, restricted the use of ChatGPT in public schools.[4] In 2024, NSWEduChat was rolled out to replace ChatGPT.[5]
Austria
[edit]In 2024, Austria used a chatbot based on ChatGPT to answer questions of the recipients of welfare.[6]
Vienna
[edit]The Viennese government used ChatGPT to write an anthem for the city-state.[7]
Brazil
[edit]City lawmakers in Porto Alegre enacted an ordinance, which was largely written using ChatGPT.[8]
Germany
[edit]As of 2024, use of ChatGPT varied considerably between different federal ministries.[9]
Schleswig-Holstein
[edit]The digitalisation minister, Dirk Schrödter, announced that the government of Schleswig-Holstein would use ChatGPT in its administration.[10]
India
[edit]In 2025, the Ministry of Finance banned its employees from using ChatGPT and DeepSeek on government devices.[11]
Israel
[edit]In February 2023, the president of Israel Isaac Herzog delivered a speech that had partially been written using ChatGPT.[12]
In March 2025, reporting by +972 Magazine revealed the development of a large language model by Unit 8200, an intelligence unit of the Israeli Defence Forces.[13]
Japan
[edit]In January 2025, the Japanese Government launched a large language model tool to help doctors in diagnosing patients.[14]
Korea
[edit]In February 2025, the Korean governemnt announced a plan to develop a Korean LLM with an investment of approximately ₩1,000,000,000,000.[15]
New Zealand
[edit]In October 2024, the New Zealand Government launched its GovGPT pilot.[16]
Poland
[edit]In February 2025, the Polish government announced the launch of PLLuM, the Polish Large Language Model, designed to specialise in content in the Polish language.[17]
United Kingdom
[edit]In March 2025, the New Scientist revealed it had obtained science minister Peter Kyle's ChatGPT prompts.[18] The topics of Kyle's prompts included policy advice, which podcasts to appear on and the definitions of various scientific terms.[19] Peter Kyle's use of ChatGPT was defended by Sam Sharps of the Tony Blair Institute.[20]
In 2024, the Government of the United Kingdom launched Gov.uk Chat to provide guidance on business rules and support.[21] In 2025, the UK Government started to develop Humphrey, named after the character in Yes Minister, as a large language model tool for civil servants and the Cabinet Office expanded trials of its Redbox Copilot project.[22][23]
Scotland
[edit]Whistleblowers have alleged that civil servants have written government policy papers with the assistance of ChatGPT.[24]
Wales
[edit]In 2023, MS Tom Giffard delivered a speech which had been written nearly completely using ChatGPT.[25]
United States
[edit]In 2025, OpenAI released ChatGPT Gov, a version of ChatGPT designed for federal government agencies.[26]
According to reporting by the Verge, tariffs in the second Trump administration may have been assigned based on a formula written using ChatGPT.[27]
California
[edit]In May 2024, Californian state agencies started to develop generative AI tools to solve common operational challenges.[28]
New York
[edit]State lawmakers in New York passed legislation preventing agencies of the state government from replacing human workers with artificial intelligence.[29]
References
[edit]- ^ Padmanabhan, Deepak; MacCarthaigh, Muiris (2025-04-04). "Why ChatGPT is a uniquely terrible tool for government ministers". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Thomson, Iain (2025-01-31). "Google to Iran: Yes, we see you using Gemini for phishing and scripting. We're onto you". The Register. Archived from the original on 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Evans, Jake (2023-05-26). "Home Affairs experimenting with ChatGPT in refugee and cyber divisions". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Cassidy, Caitlin; reporter, Caitlin Cassidy Education (2024-01-22). "ChatGPT is coming to Australian schools. Here's what you need to know". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "AI chat tool to be rolled out across NSW public schools to ease pressure on teachers". The Guardian. 2024-09-16. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Mey, Stefan (2024-01-19). "Blamage um Chatbot des AMS wirft weitere Fragen auf" [Blame of AMS chatbot raises further questions]. Der Standard. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Dank ChatGPT bekommt Wien nun endlich eine Hymne". Heute. 2024-04-17. Archived from the original on 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ^ Jeantet, Diane; Savarese, Mauricio (2023-11-30). "Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Westendarp, Louis (2024-02-12). "Use of AI in the federal government: This is how different the ministers regulate the handling of their employees with ChatGPT and Co". Business Insider Deutschland. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Digitalisierungsminister für Nutzung von ChatGPT" [Digitalization Minister for the Use of ChatGPT]. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2023-05-04. Archived from the original on 2024-09-10. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Finance ministry prohibits employees from using ChatGPT, DeepSeek on govt devices". The Times of India. 2025-02-05. Archived from the original on 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Bunkall, Alistair (2023-02-02). "Israel president uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence to write part of major speech". Sky News. Archived from the original on 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Abraham, Yuval (2025-03-06). "Israel developing ChatGPT-like tool that weaponizes surveillance of Palestinians". +972 Magazine. Archived from the original on 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Japan's Govt Starts Development of Generative AI for Medical Services; LLM to be Compiled Using Domestic Data". The Japan News. 2025-01-11. Archived from the original on 2025-01-14. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Jie, Ye-eun (2025-02-20). "Acting president outlines plan to develop 'Korean ChatGPT'". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ Daalder, Marc (2024-10-22). "GovGPT artificial intelligence pilot goes live". Newsroom. Archived from the original on 2025-02-22. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Polish AI model PLLuM now available to the public: deputy PM". Polskie Radio. 2025-02-26. Archived from the original on 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Felle, Tom (2025-03-19). "Why a journalist could obtain a minister's ChatGPT prompts – and what it means for transparency". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Stokel-Walker, Chris (2025-03-13). "Revealed: How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Sharps, Sam (2025-03-21). "Peter Kyle is right to use ChatGPT – all ministers must embrace tech". PoliticsHome. Archived from the original on 2025-03-21. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Landi, Martyn (2024-11-05). "Government launches trial of generative AI chatbot on Gov.UK". Independent. Archived from the original on 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Day, Mark (2025-02-05). "Can the civil service get to grips with Humphrey's GenAI BS?". Raconteur. Archived from the original on 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "AI chatbot for civil servants moves a step closer". BBC News. 2024-04-05. Archived from the original on 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Ferguson, John (2024-08-04). "Civil servants 'use AI to produce Scottish Government policy documents', claim whistleblowers". Daily Record. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Deans, David (2023-06-21). "ChatGPT: Welsh politician uses AI chatbot to write speech". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Ortiz, Sabrina (2025-01-29). "OpenAI tailored ChatGPT Gov for government use - here's what that means". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Preston, Dominic (2025-04-03). "Trump's new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT's". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Fox-Sowell, Sophia (2024-05-10). "California announces 6-month trial of generative AI tools inside state government". StateScoop. Archived from the original on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "New York state will monitor its use of AI after signing new bill into law". CBC News. 2024-12-27. Archived from the original on 2025-01-03. Retrieved 2025-04-06.