Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)

I thank everyone for being here and for their statements. I had the privilege of working in this very specific area of digital literacy for older people. I worked in Google for a period. The flagship programme that we ran in the corporate social responsibility team was called age engage. I worked with many of the witnesses' organisations to develop programmes to help bridge that digital divide. It is very clear to me, particularly from the statements provided today, that not only has that divide sharpened but it has become increasingly more complex. When we talk about things like hardware, access and data, there are just so many ways in which we are leaving people out of the conversation. I am particularly interested in that element of how we as legislators and policymakers do a better job of addressing that.

My first question is for Mr. Moynihan and is related to the comments he made. I am particularly interested in the co-production piece, or the co-design, in regard to AI. That is a really interesting way of framing it. Currently, people have very little power or influence over the AIs that are increasingly shaping our lives. What steps does he think we can take as policymakers and regulators to force big tech to include users' voices in the development of AI?