Mr. David Lee:

I will pick up on a few of Ms O'Meara's points and maybe link them back to the Deputy's questions. He picked up on the numbers in terms of what appeared to be low levels of adoption of responsible AI, and low levels of reskilling. We need to put into context that this technology was introduced in November 2022. If I categorise what we saw before Christmas with organisations coming in, it was about awareness and education.

Using a golfing parlance, I think 2024 is moving year. This is where people are getting beyond the education stage to actually understanding and piloting the technology in their organisations. I think it is a positive that people are not rushing ahead and are being a little more considered in how they introduce it. To build on some of the conversation with Deputy O’Reilly earlier, it is not a case of getting it out there and seeing how it happens. Rather, it is a more considered view to it because they know they will be with this for the long term.

Looking at the skilling piece, much of the conversation will revolve around what we can do to the current workforce. We need to think further back, to the kids going through first and second level now. We, as well as Ms O’Meara’s organisation, are involved in trying to upskill and introduce people to STEM technologies at an early age so that the opportunity is there for all, regardless of what socioeconomic background somebody comes from. There is a bit of thinking to be done about how to incorporate this into the curriculum so that we get folks entering the workforce being digital literate and not having that reliance on the workforce and employers to take on that obligation. I see with my own daughter coming through college that GenAI technologies are part of what they do. We just need to think about how we get that captured earlier in the cycle so it becomes an opportunity for all and not for, if you like, the minority who happen to have had the privilege of going through an education at university level.

I will pick up on one point and then hand over to Mr. O'Reilly. Sustainability impact was asked about. We did some research that was published last month, and I am happy to share it afterwards. We looked at analysis of the carbon impact of GenAI use. While it undoubtedly is an energy intensive activity, it cannot be looked at in isolation from the problem it is looking to solve. In many cases, the power and capability of GenAI is being applied to address wider climate-related matters. One needs to look at the end-to-end equation rather than just the impact of itper se. I am happy to share that material separately.