UK govt says PM’s speeches are mostly all his own work

LONDON: Downing Street has played down photos published in a Sunday newspaper that appeared to show one of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s aides using AI to prepare a speech.

The Mail on Sunday posted the snap of the aide, glass of prosecco in hand, using ChatGPT to rework a speech of the Labour leader while on board a train.

The images were said to have been taken on Friday by a fellow passenger before Burnham gave a speech to the Welsh Labour party conference in Cardiff.

A Downing Street spokesperson insisted on Sunday: “The PM writes most of his own speeches.