Information derived via artificial intelligence (AI) is “fundamentally unreliable”, while the prevalence of such data is ruining people’s ability to reason effectively, an Oireachtas committee will be told tomorrow, Tuesday. TDs and senators on the Oireachtas AI committee are set to hear that society is making “the same mistake again” in terms of a similar situation in the 1990s, when tech deregulation became the norm in order to support innovation. “Faced with regulatory choices, it is striking that we appear to be making the same mistake again,” she will tell the committee. Representatives from media group Newsbrands Ireland and the National Union of Journalists will be before the committee to discuss truth and democracy amid the advent of AI. Ms Culloty will tell committee members that AI, though having many legitimate potential uses, is not designed to tell the truth when questioned, but rather to return an answer which may be correct.

Source: Irish Examiner February 09, 2026 19:07 UTC