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Artificial intelligence isn’t going to take over our lives just yet, but it can make certain jobs quick and easy
Elon Musk sees humanity’s purpose as a facilitator of superintelligent AI. That should worry us
It’s hard to think of a more damning indictment of our time than the fact that a man who holds humanity itself in such contempt has been granted such unprecedented wealth, power and cultural influence
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X business model is changing, according to new financials
When Elon Musk bought the former Twitter, it was heavily reliant on ads from blue-chip companies
Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business
AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites
Squirrels don’t hibernate? This information shook me to my core
These creatures have made a laughing stock of me. There’s an army of them working shifts, and I’m not the only local feeding them
Online safety commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ at rise of AI-generated child sex-abuse images
Coimisiún na Meán is engaging regularly with online platforms over such material
Beyond the big bang: Irishman’s universal evolution theory challenges accepted cosmology
Julian Gough has unveiled a cosmological theory he believes may better explain the origins of our universe
What Irish teachers think of AI: ‘It has great benefits’
Artificial intelligence has a role to play in class, but educators are wary of scope for misuse by students
Teachers’ Union of Ireland to ballot on industrial action if Leaving Cert reform not paused
Helen McEntee tells delegates she will continue to work with teachers but says reforms are for benefit of students
How Intel’s recent difficulties have impacted its relationship with Ireland
Intel layoffs show how fortunes of tech behemoth have changed drastically
Policing the use of AI in the classroom
‘Proposed reforms to the Leaving Certificate exam format have been overtaken by technological events’
‘We want to list our own business and grow it as a public company’, says Irish fintech founder after €1m funding round
Backed by Enterprise Ireland, fintech start-up Assiduous uses AI to make corporate finance advice more accessible for SMEs
Ireland now: anxious, jumpy and no country for young men or women
Despite full employment, a new survey suggests Irish people are increasingly concerned about the economic outlook
Irish authors seek to stop Big Tech ‘scraping’ their work for AI amid copyright breach claims
Irish Writers Union plans to take legal action if companies including Meta continue to use their work without agreement
Making in-depth market research affordable for users through AI-based tool
CogniStream AI was set up late last year and is now looking to build its team and raise pre-seed funding
Leaving Cert reforms are being ‘rushed’ before schools have capacity, teachers warn
Asti says half of schools do not have sufficient lab facilities for new science courses
The antidote to Trump’s tariff chaos is a clean and green trade agreement
We need to muster the political mettle we saw during the financial crisis to avert the trade wars that threaten everyone
Meta warned Government of ‘unsustainable’ operating environment for tech companies in EU
Senior executive Joel Kaplan called for ‘urgent action’ by Ireland to ‘address the challenges we face collectively’
Irish writers take legal action against social media giant Meta over unauthorised reproduction of literary work in AI
Legal case seeks immediate injunction to stop ‘ongoing AI artistic larceny’
Chartered accountants confident about adoption of AI in their work, survey finds
Most see jobs changing within next five years
Elon Musk’s X records Irish pre-tax loss of €753m in 2022
Data Protection Commission to investigate X over AI model training
What is Meta AI and why is it in my WhatsApp?
It’s been in the US since 2023 but what Irish users are getting is not quite the same
AI panic: Artists angry that a machine is learning from their work should relax
Has no one noticed that art for as long as it has existed is entirely derivative? That humans are as mimetic as machines?
Donegal start-up takes the hassle out of writing up medical notes and referral letters
New Innovator: Clinic Notes AI allows practitioners to ‘turn hours of writing up notes into minutes’
Meta whistleblower to say company helped China in AI race
Meta says claims ‘riddled with false claims’
Composer Max Marcoll: ‘AI is its own prison. My job is to break as many bars as I possibly can’
Music Current 2025: Max Marcoll has already used his work to tackle social imbalances and music as a tool of torture. Now the composer is addressing intellectual property and artificial intelligence
AI-focused Oireachtas committee expected as legislation aims to curb deepfakes
Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne has pushed for dedicated committee and legislation
Independent journalism urgently needs better legal protection
Trusted journalism is a safeguard of our democratic ideals and the enduring liberty of every individual. It is increasingly under threat
When AI images become ‘an insult to life itself’
Whether you find it fascinating or horrifying, the latest advance in generative AI means we need to learn to read images in a new way
Multinationals cite housing and gas costs as biggest downside to doing business in Ireland
Planning process also tops lists
Emer McLysaght: Fighting Big Tech, Big Landlord and Big Pharma seems insurmountable
I do care about Complete Aisling books being used by Meta to train its AI systems. I just feel helpless to do anything about it
Microsoft president Brad Smith: ‘Our support for Ireland is steadfast’
Microsoft president Brad Smith says the company, which is celebrating 50 years since it was founded, and 40 years in Ireland, is as committed to the country as it was in the 1980s
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