Watch: Canadian politician reads AI prompts during legislative speech

An elected official from the Canadian province of New Brunswick has gone viral after inadvertently speaking artificial intelligence (AI) instructions out loud during a formal address.

In an address delivered to the legislative assembly on June 9 but making headlines now, Progressive Conservative Bill Oliver spoke the following line directly from his written remarks, “Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points."

Furthermore, the legislator repeated the mistake two more times throughout his remarks, saying, “This version should … here’s a more developed and flowing version of the section" and, “This section ends roughly …"