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How much, if any, is the total budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on training staff, deploying systems, maintaining subscriptions and any other associated costs?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  • How much, if any, is the total budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on training staff, deploying systems, maintaining subscriptions and any other associated costs?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for Energy

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EECA: EECA has budgeted a total of $91,350 for artificial intelligence for the 2026/27 financial year. This is the approved budget for EECA’s Open AI ChatGPT Enterprise subscription. EA: The 2026/27 financial year budget has not yet been approved, however the draft budget contains a total of $315,000. $122,000 for Microsoft Copilot licences $180,000 for Subsense consultation analysis support tool $12,829 for Lexis Nexis