AI (artificial intelligence)

Pay talks tactic of ‘nobody is irreplaceable’ fast becoming the bedrock strategy of creative industries

Durotimi AI Technologies joins the dots in a patient’s medical history and can flag potential problems

Defcon hackers hired to expose flaws in the technology found political misinformation, demographic stereotypes and many more deficiencies

Scientists at University of Galway and Massachusetts Institute of Technology created device using ‘soft robotics’, technology resembling living organisms

Investors had worried Google’s search dominance was under threat from Microsoft-backed ChatGPT

The ‘godfather of AI’ has seen its stock soar this year

Theatre: We’ve all seen phone filters before, and the show’s evolution might have shone brighter with more innovation around its use of ChatGPT

Using 5G MPN technology, project combines ensured high-speed network connectivity and artificial intelligence to deliver analysis in real time during training sessions

Digital assistant Microdoc offers an AI-based dictation tool for doctors to help reduce workloads

Artificial intelligence could affect the car industry in countless ways, including making humans redundant

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire anticipates both new revenue streams and an ability to cut costs

Any Other Business: H&M shuts Dublin store, BoyleSports overseas, Smurfit on carbon capture, Irish AI strategy, and GPO museum banners

Ireland will be a key player in regulation but setting rules requires unsettling levels of guess-making about how AI technologies might affect us

New approach counters widely held belief that AI systems have to be scaled to colossal numbers of neurons to solve real-world problems

Progress report emphasises importance of ensuring rollout of AI tools is ‘safe, secure, human-centric and ethical’

Actors worry about being put out of work by their own likenesses

AI and automation help you stay on top of your spending, but not if you aren’t keeping yourself under control

First trial indicates ‘AI will complement radiography but it won’t take over’, says Irish radiologist

Article, which originally had headline ‘OPINION: Should refugees in Ireland go home?’, published by Iconic Media’s digital titles such as Limerick Live and Tipperary Live

German premium brand delivers S-Class tech and better Plug-in range in its new generation E-Class

Tech firms to present guardrails amid fears of out of control AI

Friday, July 21st, 2023

Comments come after Meta said it was opening access to its new large language model, Llama 2

Tech giant’s chief Satya Nadella defends premium price for new version of office software

Striking Hollywood writers fear being rendered irrelevant, and actors want to prevent their digital likenesses from coming under new ownership

Company has resolved concerns raised by DPC, but ongoing process will see a three-month review

French firm Mistral could gain a competitive advantage over US firms through regulation that balances protection and innovation

Paris-based organisation calls on membership to prepare for negative side-effects from mass adoption of technology

New report analysing use of technology shows 44% say devices negatively impact on family life and 7 in 10 feel we have lost the art of conversation

Cork-based medtech raised money from private investors and Enterprise Ireland

Humanoid robots at Geneva conference say they expect to increase in number and help solve global problems

Generative technology is rebalancing the power dynamic in the recruitment process towards applicants

Many workers are already being ‘monitored to within an inch of their lives’, ETUC general secretary Esther Lynch tells conference

Riga has become a hub for those trying to report on and into Russia, and for those keeping tabs on Kremlin disinformation. But even these Russia experts were taken by surprise by last weekend’s events

A round-up of the week’s tech coverage in The Irish Times

Biopharmaceutical company hails work with CytoReason as ‘significant breakthrough’

Unthinkable: Artificial intelligence can replace humans in many tasks but don’t discount your own sense of wonder

Company opened Dublin centre of excellence last month

AI is just one of many factors that will shape our workplaces in the coming years

Top 1000: You really can’t believe everything ChatGPT tells you, as Frank Dillon discovers