U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss used OpenAI's ChatGPT to generate a speech, which he delivered to Congress on Wednesday.  According to his office, it was the first time that an AI-created speech was read on the House floor. Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat, said he issued a prompt for ChatGPT to write a 100-word speech about a bill that seeks to create a joint U.S.-Israel AI Center in the U.S. He said he refined the prompt a few times to eventually create the two-paragraph speech that was presented to Congress today. "I'm the youngest parent in the Democratic caucus, AI is going to be part of my life, and it could be a general-purpose technology for my children," said Auchincloss, 34. He also noted that ChatGPT's capabilities were "impressive, but this is not ready for prime time." The lawmaker plans to refile legislation that seeks to fund a new joint U.S.-Israel AI Center. A bill supporting the center's creation was initially introduced in 2021 by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). That version sought $10M a year over five years for the U.S.-based center, which would focus on AI R&D in areas like machine learning, object detection, image classification, speech recognition, and natural language processing.