Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) rejected claims that she used artificial intelligence to write a congressional amendment after screenshots referencing AI-generated text circulated widely on social media.
The controversy began after an image of a summary for one of Luna’s amendments to the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act went viral. The screenshot appeared to include leftover text from AI chatbot Claude, reading in part: “Claude responded: Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate Department of Defense activities, support, and operations at the southwest land border as a named operation…”
The screenshot prompted speculation that AI had been used to draft the legislation itself.
Luna initially acknowledged that members of her staff had used artificial intelligence while defending the practice.
“Not a shocker. Most staff use it. I have told them to make sure they are double-checking and more thorough,” she wrote on X.
She later clarified that AI had only been used to proofread and summarize the amendment—not to write the legislative language itself.
“Yeah, my staff used AI to spell/grammar check the amendment SUMMARY, not the actual amendment text itself,” Luna wrote.
The issue resurfaced Wednesday when Capitol Hill reporter Pablo Manríquez asked Luna directly whether critics were right to accuse her of relying on ChatGPT to write legislation.
“Did you see our response?” Luna asked before explaining that congressional rules prohibit lawmakers from submitting AI-generated legislative text.
She added that the viral controversy stemmed from staff using Claude to help generate a summary rather than the amendment itself.
“I did tease my staff a little bit about it,” Luna said. “I was like, ‘Really? Summarize on Claude?’ But if you’re looking for a good platform, Claude’s pretty good. Claude’s better.”
The conversation also shifted to criticism Luna received from some media outlets, which accompanied coverage of the AI controversy with swimsuit photographs from her modeling career before entering politics.
Luna, who previously worked as a model before being elected to Congress, said she found the choice more click-driven than substantive.
“I mean, they’re not photoshopped. I just think that if you’re going to be considered a legitimate journalist, and then you’re using my swimsuit photos—which, by the way, I love a swimsuit, and it’s not a bad photo—but if you are using it for clickbait, then maybe you should probably go touch some grass,” Luna said.
“At least come with a substantive argument,” she added.
The exchange came as Luna continues to champion the bipartisan DEFIANCE Act, legislation creating civil remedies for victims of non-consensual AI-generated sexually explicit deepfakes.
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