Debate contribution: AI: Northern Ireland Assembly
Debate contribution by Miss Nuala McAllister on .
- MLA
- Miss Nuala McAllister
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 1 April 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- AI: Northern Ireland Assembly
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4877043
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I thank the Member for her question. The Assembly Commission recognises that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence is a development that cannot be ignored by any modern organisation, because of the potential that it may provide for innovation. The Assembly Commission has established a working group to consider potential opportunities that AI may offer the Assembly and the Assembly Commission. The AI working group first met on Friday 22 November 2024. The group is being led by the Assembly's Research and Information Service (RaISe) and includes staff from a wide range of business areas in the Assembly Commission. The AI working group is establishing terms of reference and intends to develop guidance on the use of AI. To assist the working group, RaISe compiled a research paper entitled 'Artificial Intelligence Guidance in Parliaments: good practice and current examples', which provided an overview of good practice, recommendations for and examples of artificial intelligence guidance for Parliaments. The AI working group intends to establish a baseline of AI use in the Assembly, which will help inform the development of the guidance and raise awareness. The AI working group will agree terms of reference at its next meeting, which is this month, at which it will consider AI projects that align with organisational goals and values. In addition, the group will meet quarterly to monitor emerging trends, technologies and regulations in the AI landscape.
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