Opposition lawmakers are criticizing President Lee Jae-myung after he posted an argument, citing Google's generative artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini, that seating the heads of the Public Prosecution Office and the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency at Cabinet meetings is not unconstitutional.
Rep. Lee Jun-seok of the Reform Party wrote on Facebook on the 21st that "the president has started citing Gemini's answers as grounds for governing," adding that "only a few months ago, he was the one scolding Gemini for occasionally giving absurd answers." The lawmaker went on: "If the president is going to govern by asking Gemini, why not just replace the president with Gemini?" He added that Gemini "has no legal risk, no criminal record, doesn't curse and doesn't take out mortgages on anything."
Park Chung-kwon, chief spokesperson for the People Power Party, said: "Should the president of the Republic of Korea rely on Gemini rather than the Constitutional Court and the Ministry of Government Legislation for a weighty legal interpretation?" He noted that back in 2025, Lee had said he relied more on ChatGPT than on his aides when researching material or devising policy, "but he is the president now, isn't he?"
Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun of the same party also criticized the move, saying, "Go ask Gemini about the property market, youth jobs and measures for low birth rates and population aging, too." He added that "using AI as a reference tool in running the government and invoking it as grounds to rebut public concerns are entirely different matters."
Independent Rep. Han Dong-hoon said that "even if you bring in Gemini's grandfather, the president must not direct investigations or prosecutions," adding that "from the very start, the president is turning the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency into a subordinate agency and the Public Prosecution Office into a political operations office."