Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland
2:00 am
Dr. Susan Leavy:
I was also at that summit. It was amazing. It is nearly a case of the history of AI before the summit and then after it. Many things happened around that time which changed the landscape for AI, especially in the US. I got a strong sense that the European approach, which I support, is regulation and then the creation of a safe space for innovation. We have a good deal of regulation on the books. There is the EU AI Act and the Digital Services Act. In Ireland, we have the online safety code. It is now about good implementation. I do not know that we need more regulation right now. We have the data strategy and a lot of other regulation. It is now about ensuring the institutions that will be responsible for implementing all these regulations are supported.