A law on AI — created by AI

Latin American lawmakers are pushing for regulation motivated by the European Union’s AI Act, which includes rules banning the use of the technology in biometric surveillance and for it to be clear what content is AI-generated. — AP

WHEN Costa Rican lawmakers wanted to draw attention to the need to regulate artificial intelligence, they asked ChatGPT to write a new law to do it for them.

They told the chatbot to “think like a lawyer” and draft a Bill according to the Constitution. They then sent the resulting text verbatim to the legislature.