Lucknow, Aug. 12 -- A workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Uttar Pradesh MLAs unleashed a volley of questions and concerns laced with laughter and wit.

From data security to political utility, to concerns about factual inaccuracies, chatbots and even horoscope predictions, the issues raised spanned a wide range at the workshop held by the Uttar Pradesh assembly at the instance of speaker Satish Mahana on Sunday on the eve of the Monsoon session that began on Monday.

Some of the lawmakers wanted to know how the data collected from the House to assist AI may be secured and whether technology could help them seek votes.

Even as legislators expressed their views, several video clips focusing on deliberations at the workshop did the roun...