Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most debated technological frontiers, even in Parliaments. In a rapidly evolving scenario, Parliaments find themselves playing a crucial role, not only as regulators but also as users, and very often as experimenters: increasingly sophisticated information technologies are being exploited to manage documentation, amendments, voting, document registration and archiving, and legislative drafting. According to the World e-Parliament Report 2024, more than two-thirds of 115 Chambers in 86 countries have already adopted multi-year digital strategies on AI.

The Italian Senate has experimented extensively, fostering innovation in a pragmatic way: it has already applied AI to manage millions of amendments and report thousands of hours of sittings. Many in-house developed IT applications, such as GEM, the amendment management suite, are now cited by the Centre for Innovations in Parliaments as international best practices. How has the use of AI, including generative AI, actually changed parliamentary work?