The survey, conducted on behalf of the UX Design Institute, comes amid a flurry of new tools and models from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic into Irish workplaces.

Almost two-thirds (65pc) of Irish employees say they now use AI in their jobs at least occasionally, with 14pc using them daily.

However, younger staff lead the switch to AI, with 76pc of under-25s using AI for work “to some extent” and 20pc using it daily.

In contrast, 48pc of those aged over 50 say they “never” use AI at work.

"What we are seeing on the ground is that people are mostly experimenting with large language models like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Copilot," said Colman Walsh, CEO of the UX Design Institute.

"They use them for a wide range of everyday tasks [such as] drafting emails and documents, summ

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