{"id":215177,"date":"2026-05-18T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/stormont-admits-using-artificial-intelligence-to-draft-legislation-the-irish-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:05:14","slug":"stormont-admits-using-artificial-intelligence-to-draft-legislation-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/stormont-admits-using-artificial-intelligence-to-draft-legislation-the-irish-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormont admits using artificial intelligence to draft legislation \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/stormont-admits-using-artificial-intelligence-to-draft-legislation-CLMYJX2W3BHUJAINR6U5GIRDCE\/\">Stormont admits using artificial intelligence to draft legislation \u2013 The Irish News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/stormont-admits-using-artificial-intelligence-to-draft-legislation-CLMYJX2W3BHUJAINR6U5GIRDCE\/\">https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/stormont-admits-using-artificial-intelligence-to-draft-legislation-CLMYJX2W3BHUJAINR6U5GIRDCE\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 01:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.irishnews.com\">www.irishnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Usage in Legislation Drafting<\/strong>: Stormont\u2019s Economy Minister, Caoimhe Archibald, admitted that the Department for the Economy has utilized artificial intelligence tools in the process of drafting legislation over the past year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Human Oversight<\/strong>: The minister assured that AI usage was consistently overseen by humans without disclosing further specifics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concerns Over AI Reliability<\/strong>: There are expressed 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