{"slug": "congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt", "title": "Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT", "summary": "OpenAI's ChatGPT captured roughly 90% of all U.S. House spending on AI tools in the year ending March 31, according to a CNBC analysis of House disbursement records. Congress spent about $100,580 on ChatGPT across 798 transactions, out of at least $113,740 in total AI spending, with Anthropic's Claude trailing at $13,160. Democratic offices outspent Republicans $54,165 to $15,782, and staffers use the tools for tasks like drafting memos and analyzing legislation.", "body_md": "OpenAI’s ChatGPT is Congress’s AI tool of choice so far in terms of money spent, according to a [report from CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/openai-chatgpt-anthropic-congress-house-ai-spending.html).\n\nOpenAI received roughly 90% of all spending on AI tools by House offices, committees and institutional accounts during the year ending in March 31, per House disbursement records. CNBC found that Congress spent around $100,580 across 798 transactions on ChatGPT, out of at least $113,740 in total AI spending. Anthropic’s Claude trailed in second place at $13,160 across 37 transactions.\n\nDemocratic offices accounted for $54,165 in AI purchases, three times the $15,782 spent by Republican offices.\n\nThe insights exclude any Congressional AI adoption from free accounts or AI bundled into broader software contracts.\n\nCongressional staffers are using ChatGPT and other tools to write memos, summarize and analyze legislation, respond to constituents, prepare hearing materials, sort through policy research, and even draft social media posts.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt/", "published_at": "2026-08-03 16:40:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-03 16:43:20.844431+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "Anthropic", "Claude", "CNBC", "U.S. House"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt.jsonld"}}