Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38618/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s approach to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is aligned to the recently published Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service and guidance provided by the National Cyber Security Centre

Although the Department is actively exploring the opportunities and policy considerations presented by AI, it has not purchased, deployed or licensed specific artificial intelligence products.

The Department is researching the potential of AI models in support of knowledge management and continues to assess technology options. Such research has cost approximately €25,000 on infrastructure (servers and computing resources).