US Congress Spends Over $100k on ChatGPT, Becoming Active User

During the fiscal year ending March 31, OpenAI received about 90% of payments from House structures, including committees and institutional accounts, according to reports. The Congress spent approximately $113,580 on ChatGPT across 798 transactions, with total AI spending by the US parliament reaching at least $113,740. The second-largest expense was Anthropic's Claude chatbot, for which $13,160 was paid in 37 transactions. Notably, Democratic Party structures spent $54,165 on AI, three times more than Republican structures, which spent $15,782. The data excludes scenarios of using free AI accounts and access to AI systems within software procurement contracts. Congressional staff use ChatGPT and other services for writing memos, creating summaries, analyzing bills, responding to constituents, processing political research, and drafting social media posts.