Mars review: INO’s exhilarating space-travel opera comes from a mind exploding with ideas
Jennifer Walshe’s new opera, created with Mark O’Connell, is like nothing else Irish National Opera has staged
AI: Artificial intelligence
Action needs to be taken to reverse recent decline in women securing leadership roles in Irish business
The odds are still stacked against women due to structural barriers and systemic biases that block their progression
Top seven tech firms’ earnings put AI divide in sharp focus
For tech’s biggest names, AI is the dividing line between leading and lagging
So many jobs are a laughable waste of time. The greater part of any job is learning to look busy
We’ve inherited a strange cultural hangover from better times: the idea that the thing you do to survive should also double as your identity and source of pride
Alphabet boosted by AI, cloud demand as spending needs skyrocket
Google’s parent company said 2025 capital expenditures will be $85bn
McKinsey bars China practice from generative AI work amid geopolitical tensions
Consulting firm’s move follows scrutiny from Washington over US companies’ involvement in sensitive Chinese sectors
Sci-fi/fantasy reads: AI as our saviour, a genetically engineered space crew, and navigating a world designed for giants
New novels from Lucy Lapinska, James Alistair Henry, Ishmael A Soledad and more
Tech shocks to industry have only just begun
Disruption hitting the manufacturing sector could come for healthcare next
Who answers the phone and says nothing? People under 25
Younger workers who don’t say hello when they answer a call need to know it’s a problem
Is it time for a new kind of CEO at Apple?
Under Tim Cook, the tech giant’s market cap has ballooned to $3.1tn, but he is seen as perfecting rather than pioneering
How Elon Musk’s rogue Grok chatbot became a cautionary AI tale
Posts praising Hitler show the risks of accelerating the nascent technology with little stress testing and few guardrails
NewsWhip unveils AI media monitoring agent
Service will provide alerts and context to help communications teams decide when and how to respond to business risks
We need to talk about AI’s staggering ecological impact
A ChatGPT query is estimated to consume about five times more electricity than a simple web search
Gardaí to use gait analysis and voice recognition to identify suspects
Force has long called for facial recognition powers to analyse increasingly prevalent digital evidence
Ready for launch: Mark O’Connell and Jennifer Walshe on Mars, their new collaboration
Galway International Arts Festival stages the premiere of an Irish opera in which four women astronauts embark on a Martian voyage
Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination by Karen Hao - Precise, insightful, troubling
Meticulously detailed profile of OpenAI and its controversial leader Sam Altman may help you pick a side in the debate between ‘doomers’ and ‘boomers’
Pat Casey: ‘When I was hired there were only two job titles at ServiceNow’
The chief technology officer has seen ServiceNow navigate highs and lows of the tech world
New Irish tech aims to cut last-minute chemo cancellations by 25%
A Trinity spinout is using AI to make cancer care smoother for patients and staff
Impact of AI on hiring being felt in accountancy sector
Remote work still important to professional staff, survey finds
AI technologies being used in effort to reduce risk of fraud in immigration process
Department of Justice says new tools are not used for application decision-making
Google Veo 3 review: Video creation steps up an AI notch
Seamless AI performance with some guardrails
‘Really scary territory’: AI’s increasing role in undermining democracy
Artificial intelligence was used in 80% of elections globally last year, scientists say; more than two-thirds of those uses were characterised as harmful
Lions not the only show in town as trade mission highlights Irish sports tech
Ireland has emerged as a prominent hub for sports technology, with homegrown companies and talent delivering cutting-edge innovations
Using ChatGPT to write an essay is a bit like using a forklift to lift weights
Just as you can’t get someone, or something, to work out for you, there is nobody and nothing that can think on your behalf
AI should be a ‘core component’ of the education system, National Skills Council recommends
The council recommended a 'rethink' of investment into skills
AI is leading to job losses, but not in the way we expected
Microsoft is cutting jobs to save money so that it can boost spending on artificial intelligence
How to work smarter: get up early, do your work diligently, have a long lunch, go home
In the summer heat – when your colleagues are away – sneak out of the office at 1pm and put your email settings to ‘busy’
Fenergo to create 300 jobs in Dublin as part of €100m investment
Fintech firm to create additional 200 jobs globally as uncertainty acts as ‘catalyst’ for the business
I have had more wives than Henry VIII. It’s news to me too
Artificial intelligence has trouble distinguishing fact from fiction, so it has to spew out absurd ‘factoids’ instead
The good bits of the brave new world promised by the digital revolution never happened in journalism
There was a time when we seemed to be on the cusp of something remarkable, but it never happened
Read the headlines and wonder if everyone is on Ozempic and has ADHD? It’s all a bit overwhelming
Unthinkable: If you’re feeling overwhelmed and longing for real meaning, Viktor Frankl may be able to help. And if not, Albert Camus might have the answer
Problem at work? You’ll be hearing from my chatbot
A flood of AI-generated complaints means a new kind of unwarranted hassle for HR and customer services
US-founded AI firm Partsol to create at least 25 new jobs in Dublin
Company said decision to relocate from the US to Ireland earlier this year reflects ‘a deeper and more strategic bet on Ireland’s future’
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