ChatGPT: Downing Street speechwriter accused of using AI to help craft Andy Burnham's keynote address

GB News reports a Mail on Sunday claim that a Downing Street speechwriter used ChatGPT on a speech for Andy Burnham. It attributes the accusation throughout and includes Downing Street's reply. One passage ties the ChatGPT-assisted Thatcher section to the Welsh conference speech, although the Mail's own report places that work on a different address due on Tuesday.

1. Ties the reported claim to a different speech than its sourc

   Minor

   “While working on the address, the aide was reportedly seen consulting ChatGPT about ways to improve a section criticising the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.”

   Why this matters

   GB News says the aide consulted ChatGPT on the Thatcher section while working on "the address". It then follows with the Welsh Labour speech in S11, so the address reads as the Welsh conference speech.

   The impression it gives

   The reader believes the Thatcher passage Burnham delivered in Llandudno was the one the aide shaped with ChatGPT on the train.

   The context

   The Mail, which GB News cites as its source, says the aide was working on a separate speech, an address to Labour MPs planned for Tuesday, when he consulted ChatGPT about the Thatcher section. The Mail's own report also links the aide's ChatGPT use to the conference speech, so the source is not clear-cut. GB News settles the question without saying so.

   How we know

   • Daily Mail reported“While working on Tuesday's address, he was seen consulting ChatGPT about ways to improve a section criticising Margaret Thatcher's legacy.”Quaffing prosecco on the 17.03 train from Euston, Andy Burnham aide writes PM's key speech on the cost of living... using ChatGPT (opens in a new tab)
   • Elsewhere in the article“Later, in the speech delivered to Welsh Labour Members”