ChatGPT accounts for 80% of identifiable House AI spending
The records offer only a partial view of Congress' AI adoption because they exclude free accounts, AI bundled into broader software contracts and most Senate use. Even so, they show at least a sixth of House member offices — and likely many more — are already using AI tools as lawmakers shape the industry's future.CNBC identified at least $113,740 in spending on named AI vendors between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026, the most recent data available. ChatGPT accounted for $100,580 of that total across 798 transactions — about 88% of the dollars and 96% of the transactions reviewed.
- ▪The records offer only a partial view of Congress' AI adoption because they exclude free accounts, AI bundled into broader software contracts and most Senate use.
- ▪Even so, they show at least a sixth of House member offices — and likely many more — are already using AI tools as lawmakers shape the industry's future.CNBC identified at least $113,740 in spending on named AI vendors between April 1, 2025
- ▪ChatGPT accounted for $100,580 of that total across 798 transactions — about 88% of the dollars and 96% of the transactions reviewed.
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OpenAI is dominating the first visible wave of artificial intelligence spending inside Congress.The maker of ChatGPT accounted for roughly $9 out of every $10 spent on identifiable AI tools by House offices, committees and institutional accounts during the year ending March 31, according to a CNBC analysis of House disbursement records. The records offer only a partial view of Congress' AI adoption because they exclude free accounts, AI bundled into broader software contracts and most Senate use. Even so, they show at least a sixth of House member offices — and likely many more — are already using AI tools as lawmakers shape the industry's future.CNBC identified at least $113,740 in spending on named AI vendors between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026, the most recent data available.
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