The Legislative Yuan has used artificial intelligence to read proposed
legislation aloud for the first time, completing a task in 70 minutes that
would normally take staff more than two hours.

The Legislature's Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee used AI
to read 15 versions of proposed amendments to the Dementia Basic Act before
beginning its review on Wednesday.

Committee chair Chen Ching-hui (陳菁徽) says the AI initially read at
one-and-a-half times normal speed before increasing to double speed after
lawmakers found it easy to follow.

Chen hopes the trial will pave the way for wider use of AI in the Legislature.

The idea followed an incident in 2024, when Chen lost her voice and used an
AI-generated version of it to question Premier Cho Jung-tai during a plenary
session.

Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu has since encouraged lawmakers to explore
further applications of the technology.

(CNA_IG)