Politics · United Kingdom · 1 hr ago
Downing Street aide used ChatGPT while drafting Burnham’s Welsh Labour speech
A Downing Street aide used ChatGPT while drafting Andy Burnham’s speech for Welsh Labour members.
The aide was seen working on the speech during a train journey from London Euston to Holyhead on Friday.
Burnham delivered it in Llandudno on Saturday, saying the cost of living was a top issue in Wales and across the UK.
The speech also criticised the effects of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership on communities and working life.
Burnham is facing Labour critics over plans to change the welfare system and help young people move into work.
Former Labour minister Alan Milburn is expected to propose billions of pounds in upfront investment, alongside benefit cuts, to reduce the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training.
Burnham plans to ask Labour MPs to back the changes on Tuesday.
A Downing Street speechwriter used ChatGPT while helping draft a speech Andy Burnham delivered to Welsh Labour members in Llandudno.
The aide was seen working on the speech aboard a train from London Euston to Holyhead on Friday.
ChatGPT suggested making a passage about the effects of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership more emotive.
Burnham’s speech said the cost of living was the top issue in Wales and across the UK.
The Mail on Sunday said it had agreed to withhold the speechwriter’s identity at Downing Street’s request.
- Who
- A Downing Street speechwriter and Andy Burnham, who delivered the speech.
- What
- The aide used ChatGPT while helping draft Burnham’s speech to Welsh Labour members.
- When
- The aide was seen working on it on Friday; Burnham delivered the speech on Saturday.
- Where
- The aide was on a train from London Euston to Holyhead. The speech was delivered in Llandudno.
- Why
- The aide used ChatGPT to help improve the speech, including making words more emotive.
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A fellow passenger spotted the Downing Street aide using ChatGPT while working on the speech on a train from London Euston to Holyhead.
Burnham delivered the speech to Welsh Labour members in Llandudno.
The Prime Minister was planning to address Labour MPs about proposed welfare reforms.
- Train route
- London Euston to Holyhead
- Speech location
- Llandudno
- Speech date
- November 14
- AI tool
- ChatGPT
- Identity
- The Mail on Sunday agreed to withhold the aide’s identity at Downing Street’s request.
What people are saying
It must be thirsty work writing speeches for Burnham.
He's an artificial prime minister who doesn't have the faintest clue what he believes or what he's doing.
Cost of living is the top issue here in Wales, as it is in all parts of the UK.