House Democrats demand Trump preserve AI chatbot records

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia sent Trump a letter demanding the White House preserve all prompts and AI-generated outputs from chatbots including Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity under the Presidential Records Act. They also requested a closed-door briefing by Nov. 11 on AI retention policies and cybersecurity safeguards.

• Letter signed by Raskin and Garcia, top Democrats on Judiciary and Oversight panels
• Request covers Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
• Closed-door briefing on White House AI use requested by Nov. 11
• Prompted by Time report on Grok advice about Venezuela operation