Summary:
On December 16, Ireland’s Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence published its First Interim Report.
The report aimed to provide recommendations for Ireland’s approach to the development, regulation, and ethical management of AI while supporting economic growth, innovation, public trust, and societal wellbeing.
Key takeaways included 85 recommendations such as establishing the Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence permanently, creating a Citizens’ Assembly on AI and technology, forming a national AI risk register, ensuring AI literacy across education levels, enforcing transparency and accountability in public AI systems, providing additional resources to agencies under the EU AI Act, and safeguarding inclusion and fairness in AI systems.