63  Which generative AI tools do you currently use in your RSE work?

63.1 Nordics

63.1.1 Descriptive Statistics

Generative AI tool (Nordics)
Total respondents: 49
Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%)
ChatGPT 31 63.3%
Claude 20 40.8%
Gemini 13 26.5%
GitHub Copilot 11 22.4%
Cursor 2 4.1%

63.1.2 Free-text responses

AI Tools [Others]
Response Category Frequency (n) Percentage (%)
Mistral (Le Chat, Vibe) 3 21.4%
DeepSeek 2 14.3%
Local LLMs 2 14.3%
Microsoft/GitHub Copilot 2 14.3%
Institution-hosted LLMs 1 7.1%
OpenAI Codex 1 7.1%
Proton Lumo 1 7.1%
duck.ai 1 7.1%
quen 1 7.1%

The raw-to-category allocation table for this question is in Appendix B.

63.1.3 Statistics by age group

Generative AI tool by age group (Nordics)
Total respondents with age reported: 49. Rows are ranked separately within each age group by respondent count.
Below 35 (n=16)
35-45 (n=23)
45+ (n=10)
Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%) Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%) Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%)
ChatGPT 10 66.7% ChatGPT 14 70.0% ChatGPT 7 87.5%
Claude 5 33.3% Claude 11 55.0% Claude 4 50.0%
Gemini 5 33.3% Gemini 7 35.0% GitHub Copilot 2 25.0%
GitHub Copilot 3 20.0% GitHub Copilot 6 30.0% Gemini 1 12.5%
Cursor 1 6.7% Cursor 1 5.0%

63.2 Within Nordics

Generative AI tool selections within Nordics
Total respondents: 49. Percentages are within each country.
Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%)
Estonia (n=8)
ChatGPT 6 85.7%
Gemini 5 71.4%
Claude 3 42.9%
GitHub Copilot 2 28.6%
Cursor 1 14.3%
Iceland (n=1)
GitHub Copilot 1 100.0%
Denmark (n=4)
Claude 4 100.0%
ChatGPT 3 75.0%
GitHub Copilot 2 50.0%
Gemini 1 25.0%
Sweden (n=13)
ChatGPT 9 81.8%
Claude 4 36.4%
GitHub Copilot 3 27.3%
Gemini 2 18.2%
Norway (n=9)
ChatGPT 5 55.6%
Claude 4 44.4%
Gemini 3 33.3%
GitHub Copilot 2 22.2%
Cursor 1 11.1%
Finland (n=14)
ChatGPT 8 72.7%
Claude 5 45.5%
Gemini 2 18.2%
GitHub Copilot 1 9.1%

63.3 Between Countries

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