Bilateral III: 931 pages of treaty text, a heated debate, countless false claims. An AI assistant checks facts in real time — based on the full treaty text of Bilateral III, as well as the historical context of Bilateral I and II.
Challenge
The Federal Council has created a new package of agreements with the Bilaterals III. It supplements and renews the Bilaterals I and II. In public debate, myths and misinformation circulate – from opponents and supporters alike. Progress Suisse wanted to address this information environment with a factual, evidence-based tool.
The technical challenge was considerable: a simple RAG system is not enough for this topic. The bot must understand what belongs to the Bilaterals III, what comes from the Bilaterals I and II, what has changed, what is new, what remains – and how the whole package fits into the wider political context, with studies and Federal Council publications. That requires a carefully built, multi-stage processing pipeline.
Solution
Developed together with FurrerHugi, who support the client. The first step: identify and digitise relevant sources – the full Bilaterals III (931 pages), Bilaterals I and II as historical context, supplementary studies, and official publications by the Federal Council.
This was followed by months of testing with a law professor from Fribourg – until every statement, every contextualisation, and every distinction between the agreements met the precision requirements. Only after this validation phase did the go-live take place.
The custom-built frontend is connected via API and enables further use cases through an MCP endpoint: internally, the bot can be linked directly with Claude or ChatGPT to create fact-checked texts before publication. In addition, Bilabot is available in the ChatGPT App Store – and voice applications are in preparation.
The entire infrastructure is designed for Europe and built with data sovereignty in mind – for a project with highly sensitive legal texts and political significance, this is not an optional feature, but a basic requirement. Operations continue around the clock: after the Federal Council's message to Parliament, the content was updated immediately – the project is designed for the entire voting period.
Area:
Marketing/Communications
Benefit:
Efficiency
,
Quality improvement
Technologies:
LLM
,
RAG
,
Chat bots
Partner:
Crafted Webstudio
,
FurrerHugi
Outcomes
Fact-checked information on the Bilateral Agreements III, set in the context of Bilateral Agreements I and II
Months of validation with a law professor before go-live
MCP endpoint for internal use and external integrations (ChatGPT App Store)
Ongoing updates throughout the political process
Contribution to a factual debate in a politically polarised public sphere
«Bilabot's performance in just a few seconds is truly impressive. It answers every question in simple, factual and clear language. The sources can be very complex at times. Bilabot sets out the key points with great clarity. I would also highlight the ability to access Bilabot's sources with a single click and go directly to page x of a 1,000-page document. That is remarkable and saves anyone who wants to examine a topic in depth a great deal of time. Bilabot is excellent and makes an important contribution to understanding Bilateral III in all its aspects.»
Dr Philippe G. Nell·Honorary Ambassador / Vice-President, Association ‘Switzerland in Europe’ / Private Lecturer, University of Fribourg·