250 Years of Legislative Legacy
Legislative data modernization takes center stage alongside frontier AI model export controls, tips for avoiding LLM lock-in, using AI as a Congressional rules tutor, and roundups of tools, events, and research shaping technology adoption across Congress and legislatures worldwide today.
Lessons Being Learned with Fable
Anthropic's Fable 5 model was pulled from public access days after release when researchers found ways to bypass its safety guardrails, prompting Commerce Department export controls on Fable and Mythos. The episode highlights gaps in Congressional oversight of rapid AI policy decisions affecting national security.
Building the Future of Parliaments, Together: Digital Parliaments Project 2026 Q2 Convening Progress Report
POPVOX Foundation's Digital Parliaments Project Q2 2026 convening covered ParlLink platform updates including bulk upload, a new data agreement, and AI prompting guides for parliamentary staff. Looking ahead: DPP launches in the Balkans and Africa, plus a Caribbean Parliamentary Modernization Summit in Miami this September.
Why We Brought an AI Sandbox to Capitol Hill
POPVOX Foundation brought a hands-on AI sandbox to Capitol Hill, giving Congressional staff direct access to coding agents, file-aware assistants, and agentic workflows blocked on official devices. Participants built hearing-prep dashboards, bill trackers, and Federal Register monitors — gaining firsthand intuition about how fast AI is advancing.
AI Base Camp: Congressional Staff Exploring AI Adoption Hands-On
POPVOX Foundation and Meridian International Center brought AI Base Camp to Capitol Hill, offering Congressional staff hands-on exploration of AI tools across six skills-based stations — from prompt basics and workflow integration to agentic AI and deepfake detection — in an open-house format welcoming all experience levels.
Build your AI skills at AI Base Camp in Rayburn on June 2
Explore the differences between foundational and frontier AI models, the growing impact of token-based pricing, practical ways to build custom AI assistants, and how AI is lowering barriers to civic technology development. Plus, insights on emerging AI policy, governance, and adoption across public institutions.
Highway to Hill: An artificially intelligent Congress?
Congress faces a growing capacity crisis, and AI could help — but adoption remains uneven. On Highway to Hill, POPVOX Foundation’s Managing Director, Aubrey Wilson, breaks down the barriers to safe, effective AI use on Capitol Hill, from staff training gaps and hallucination risks to privacy concerns and the case for custom-built Congressional tools.
Keeping Pace
Keeping Pace delivers practical, nonpartisan AI and technology insights for Congressional Members and staff. Each monthly issue breaks down fast-moving developments, explains real-world impacts on Congress, and offers actionable tips to build fluency — no vendor bias, no politics, just clear guidance to help institutions keep up.
Building the Future of Parliaments, Together: Digital Parliaments Project 2026 Q1 Convening Progress Report
Explore how the Digital Parliaments Project is modernizing legislatures through shared learning, open-source tools like ParlLink, and AI-powered digitization. This Q1 2026 progress report highlights global collaboration, field insights, and practical innovations helping parliaments streamline workflows, manage data, and accelerate digital transformation.
POPVOX Foundation Team Submits Public Witness Testimony for FY 2027 Legislative Branch Appropriations
POPVOX Foundation lays out practical FY2027 funding ideas to help Congress work smarter — boosting AI capacity, strengthening casework support, improving Member security, and modernizing operations. The proposals focus on faster tech adoption, better coordination with agencies, and stronger internal support systems so offices can serve constituents more effectively in a rapidly changing landscape.
What’s happening with AI and why should I care?
Congressional staff face a rapidly evolving AI landscape. This overview breaks down the Senate’s approval of tools like Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT Enterprise, explains emerging concepts such as agentic AI, and examines how AI is shaping campaigns, workflows, and constituent services.
POPVOX Foundation Appropriations Requests: A Focus on Future-Proofing, Constituent Services, Security, and the Member Experience
POPVOX Foundation submitted fiscal year 2027 appropriations requests to House Appropriations Committee Members focused on modernizing Congress and strengthening its capacity to serve constituents. Key proposals include responsible AI adoption, improved casework coordination, continued modernization funding, enhanced security training, and better support for Members, staff, and Congressional families.
The 2,800-Mile Gap
A widening cultural divide between San Francisco and Washington, DC reveals contrasting attitudes toward risk, innovation, and career advancement. These differences shape how technology evolves and how government responds, with implications for policymaking, institutional adaptation, and the future of democratic governance in a rapidly changing world.
Updated: Where the House and Senate Are on Internal Use of AI
A detailed overview of how the US House of Representatives and Senate are governing internal use of artificial intelligence, including a summary of current AI policies, approved tools, and key limitations on staff use.
What Is RAG And Why It Matters for Legislative AI Use Cases
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a powerful approach that improves AI accuracy by grounding answers in trusted documents. For legislatures and government offices, RAG helps reduce hallucinations, surface relevant policies, and power reliable tools, making AI more transparent, accountable, and useful for Congressional and parliamentary workflows.
View From the West Balkans: North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Albania
An on-the-ground look at parliamentary modernization in North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Albania, highlighting how legislatures in Skopje, Pristina, and Tirana are approaching AI adoption with urgency and care. Conversations with MPs, parliamentary leaders, and the National Democratic Institute underscore a regional focus on legislative technology, institutional capacity, and cross-border collaboration to strengthen oversight and governance in the digital age.
The Call to Create the Congressional Capacity and Technology Office
As AI rapidly reshapes governance, Congress risks falling behind the institutions it oversees. POPVOX Foundation proposes creating the Congressional Capacity and Technology Office (C-TECH) to provide dedicated training, change management, and strategic tech support — strengthening Congress’s ability to oversee emerging technology effectively.
AI Resources for MPs and Parliament Staff
AI is already changing how parliaments operate, and MPs and staff need practical, responsible guidance. Drawing on global legislative use cases, this post introduces AI resources designed for parliamentary offices, including policy templates, research workflows, and custom AI tools. Built for busy legislatures, these guides help boost capacity, support smart adoption, and keep human accountability at the center of parliamentary work.
When Law Becomes Data: What Brazil’s LexML Reveals About Akoma Ntoso
What Brazil’s LexML reveals about the future of structured law—and what Akoma Ntoso makes possible when legislation becomes interoperable data. A conversation with Monica Palmirani on digital standards, institutional silos, and why legal infrastructure matters in the age of AI.
Year One of the Digital Parliaments Project: What We Accomplished in 2025 and What's Ahead for 2026
One year after Caribbean parliamentarians identified a shared need to modernize legislative operations, the Digital Parliaments Project marks a key milestone. The first year saw the launch of ParlLink, an open-source, AI-enabled platform supporting legislative digitization and data standardization across partner parliaments. In 2026, the project will expand to new countries, introduce additional AI-powered tools, and strengthen a global community focused on practical parliamentary modernization.