AI tools could revolutionise education but leave Gaelscoileanna behind
Irish-language schools may be faced with an impossible choice: embrace second-rate AI or forgo the potential benefits of automation
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Leveraging GPT to help engineers and manufacturers adopt AI
Anthony McLoughlin and start-up Better Futures have set out to build a bridge to make it easier and cost-effective for engineers to identify how AI could improve what they do
Apple’s plan to focus on the personal side of AI takes centre stage after years of development
Tech giant struggles to marry user privacy and data control with access to a locked-down cloud environment when required
Will AI take over art? ‘No amount of sentimentality is going to stop it from happening’
This lifting of the barrier for AI in the art and entertainment industries might sound exciting for some, but for others the developments are setting off alarm bells
We asked ChatGPT to write like Marian Keyes, John Boyne and Paul Howard. Now they rate the results
The chatbot takes mere seconds to come up with its versions of these bestselling authors’ work. How convincing are they?
Irish composer Jennifer Walshe on AI music: ‘If you came up with the idea for I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again, is that art?’
The Oxford professor of composition’s long use of artificial intelligence in her work makes her a good judge of its merits and its dangers
What is Apple Intelligence, and how do I get it on my smartphone?
Q&A: Apple unveiled its new AI this week. But what does it mean for end users?
Apple shares hit record high on back of new AI tools
Price gained 7.3 per cent, a first record high for the year and after an initial lukewarm reaction from investors
What did Apple announce at WWDC 2024?
Artificial intelligence, new updates for iPad, iPhone and Mac - but no new hardware
AI has its strong points. Intelligence isn’t one of them
If the postwar computer scientists who conceived of AI had chosen a different name such as ‘applied statistics’, we would be spared a lot of confusion
Apple joins the AI party. Is it enough?
IPhone maker has been under pressure to match the likes of Microsoft in new technology
ChatGPT helps investors see through ‘bloated’ corporate fluff
Study says conference call ‘noise’ can make it tougher to identify companies with good or bad news
OpenAI hires Irish tech executive as new chief financial officer
Sarah Friar to lead financial function after spell as NextDoor chief executive
After 25 years, Intel’s Dow days look numbered. Nvidia is the top dog in AI race
Intel’s shares have lost more than half their value in recent years
‘Commendable’, ‘meticulous’ and ‘intricate’: the giveaways that students have been using AI
But students cheating on essays is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to artificial intelligence and plagiarism
The race for an AI-powered personal assistant
Google and OpenAI unveiled new tools to bring ‘intelligent systems’ a step closer. Will this be a milestone for generative AI?
Secondary students regularly see ‘toxic’ content on social media, survey finds
More than two-thirds report using AI tools, with almost half using ChatGPT for school-related tasks
Chinese AI start-ups power ahead in the race to overtake ChatGPT
Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and 01.ai lead pack of more than 260 firms challenging US rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic
AI pay-off doubts hang over earnings in big tech
The likely message from the leading companies is: be patient
ChatGPT essay cheats are a menace to us all
Students who outsource their thinking to AI tools pose a risk to future employers and more
Leaving Cert reform plans may result in irreparable damage to exams’ reputation
Exam reform is badly needed. But not like this, with vague learning outcomes and too much scope for use of ChatGPT
Google may introduce charge for AI searches
Tech giant has been scrambling to respond to ChatGPT’s quick answers to questions, threatening traditional search engine links and advertising
Europe’s AI Act is a ‘decent start’ but is it workable?
Watered down legislation still puts Europe ahead on regulating AI but enforcement could be held back by technological gaps
Comprehensive new AI rules embraced by EU
Legislation would ban detection of emotions in workplaces and schools, and limit use in areas such as sorting job applications
Elon Musk sues OpenAI over ‘benefit to humanity’ concerns
Suit alleges the start-up’s original mission to build AI systems for the benefit of humanity has been compromised
James Dyson’s Irish bolthole, Sinéad O’Connor’s painting addiction and Barry Keoghan’s inner wolf
Plus: Libel lawyer Paul Tweed’s mystery High Court action and sports agent Conor Ridge’s bid for solace
Dave Fanning’s AI defamation case is at a new legal frontier
The Achilles heel of generative AI is its pervasive tendency to spoof. This is giving rise to mind-bending legal issues - along with complaints from authors and artists
Good to go: Exploring how AI can enhance your travel experience
Travel sector hopes generative AI can offer customers the best of the traditional agent model and the modern do-it-yourself approach
Not all of Davos partook in ‘worried about Trump 2.0’ vibe, head of JP Morgan appeared to be full of praise for him
Despite the cynicism, Davos remains the biggest meeting of business and politics anywhere in the world
LinkedIn Ireland chief Sue Duke: ‘The future of work is happening and being shaped by AI’
Sue Duke on dealing with lay-offs and the importance of good communication
CES 2024: No big AI breakthrough as transparent TVs and home-powering batteries catch the eye
Sustainable barbecues, parallel parking tech and hydrogen-powered Hyundais also feature at the Las Vegas tech toy show
Norma Foley on gender identity: ‘Kindness and inclusion must always be the heartbeat of schools’
Interview: the relentlessly positive former teacher is upbeat in the face of challenges such as culture wars, Leaving Cert reform and teacher shortages
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