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ChatGPT dominates early AI spending in Congress as lawmakers weigh regulation

📰 source: cnbc_topnews · 💼 business

openai's chatgpt is running away with the early ai spending in congress. a cnbc analysis of house disbursement records found chatgpt accounted for $100,580 of the $113,740 spent on named ai vendors between april 2025 and march 2026 — roughly 88% of dollars and 96% of transactions. anthropic's claude was a distant second at $13,160.

the records show democratic offices spent $54,165 on identifiable ai tools, more than triple the republicans' $15,782. chatgpt purchases appeared in 44 democratic offices and 27 republican ones. rep. julie fedorchak (r-nd) said using chatgpt to build a searchable database and produce briefing memos is 'saving dozens and dozens of hours every week of staff time.'

house officials say the approach is 'deliberately not limited to a single vendor,' but chatgpt got there first. openai's lobbying spending jumped 82.5% year over year to $1 million in q1 2026, while anthropic spent nearly $1.6 million, more than tripling. the numbers likely understate total use since they exclude free accounts, bundled software, and the senate.

why it matters: chatgpt's near-total share of house ai spending shows openai's early lead in washington as lawmakers write the rules for ai.

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