UK PM Burnham's speechwriter caught using ChatGPT to draft speech

An anonymous Downing Street speechwriter was reportedly caught using ChatGPT to help prepare a keynote address for British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, prompting criticism from the opposition.According to The Mail on Sunday, the aide was spotted using the AI chatbot while travelling on a train from London Euston to Holyhead on Friday.

The speechwriter was reportedly working on Burnham's address to Welsh Labour members in Llandudno, delivered on Saturday.The newspaper reported that the aide used ChatGPT to make parts of the speech more "emotive", including a section criticising former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's legacy.The chatbot reportedly suggested references to the decline of working men's clubs, choirs and other social institutions as Britain moved away from its industrial base.In his speech, Burnham said Thatcher's premiership in the 1980s had shattered the way of life in communities across Britain, citing the closure of mines, factories and steelworks.