Mr. Kieran Christie:

There has not been a formal study but the Deputy can take it that there is a considerable ongoing conversation in the ASTI around equity. That used to be about different issues until AI came along. AI is now part of that bundle of issues. I did not get to mention it in my opening remarks but I made the point in our written submission that the ASTI has major concerns around equity here and the societal divide.

On the Deputy's point in relation to guardrails around AI, we share her worry, implicit in the way she posed her question, that there is potential for AI to be quite damaging.

Strong guardrails need to be built in to ensure that the use of AI not only across examinations but also in schools in general is very heavily weighted in favour of ethical considerations, proper use and so on.