Everyone agrees Irish house prices are overvalued. We’re in risky territory
The more prices get out of line, the higher the risk if there is an economic shock from AI, the tech sector, the Middle East situation or something else
AI: Artificial intelligence
Apple’s $5tn moment shows investors are questioning the AI race
The irony is that investors seeking shelter from expensive AI bets have turned to another expensive stock
Promote Irish in schools, but remember we are part of Europe
In continental Europe, the average age at which children start learning a foreign language is between six and eight years old
AI will bring bankruptcies, bank failures and chaos in international financial sector
We are facing an era of mass deflation. If prices fall across the board, how will we repay all the debt we have accumulated?
Anthropic’s Claude AI models hack into 3 outside groups during testing
Announcement a week after similar OpenAI incident adds to growing concerns about safety of AI systems
Companies rethinking approach of pushing staff to just use AI more
Incentives to use new tools are changing as costs start to hit home
OpenAI’s Irish boss meets church leader on future of AI
Meeting follows Pope Leo’s decision to focus on AI and its impact on humanity in first encyclical
European shares rise as earnings offset Middle East worries
Indices advance despite escalating tensions in the region and uncertainty over US interest rates
Stocks, bonds choppy after AI rout and Fed decision
US borrowing costs hit highest level since 2007 after rates decision
Meta shares tumble as Mark Zuckerberg tries to sell his vision for AI ‘agents’
Social media chief defends strategy based on personalised bots as costs rise and revenue projections disappoint
If you think your profession is dying, it could soon be gone
Young people may have absorbed the data — tentative though it is — that suggests artificial intelligence is lowering demand for entry-level software developers.
Let them eat crumbs: Growing wage inequality is bad for both workers and businesses
Companies in Ireland should disclose the ratio of CEO pay to median employee pay as US and UK groups do
‘Tell me everything’: chatbot prompt test reveals how proficient firms are at building user profiles
People worldwide are still trying to understand the privacy implications of conversing with AI companions
Overreliance on AI risks ‘deskilling’ health sector staff, report warns
Hiqa publishes Ireland’s first national guidance on safe use of AI in health and social care services
Irish economy shrank by 1.6% in 12 months to end of June, CSO estimates
Volatile numbers come on the back of a surge in exports last year
PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations
Big Four consultant is latest firm found to have produced slapdash work while marketing expertise on the technology
Trump’s most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned
Not with his displays of spiteful narcissism, but with rising prices for gas and groceries
Apple tops $5tn valuation for first time to reclaim world’s most valuable company crown
Tech giant gains due to its lack of huge spending on AI and as investors seek havens from sell-off in chip sector
Tech company Tines takes on ‘vibe coding’ with new platform
Company helps clients create software with AI
Computing giants ‘pivoting away’ from ‘constrained’ Dublin as data centre hub
Market here being ‘reshaped by power availability, grid access and political sensitivities’
ChatGPT maker OpenAI selects Dublin docklands offices for new EU hub
AI giant to take on lease at Iput’s Tropical Fruit Warehouse site on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Signs used to ‘rename’ Dublin streets with colonial links will be removed by council
Lasair Dhearg groups says move is part of its plan to further its ‘campaign of decolonisation’
Why do people in Ireland speak so few languages?
Worldview: Language competence is now just as much part of Ireland’s competitive infrastructure deficit as poor planning
Why workers are nostalgic for life before artificial intelligence
Many white-collar professionals worry about the tech inhibiting creativity and making errors
Hundreds of Irish writers set to share millions of euro after €1.31bn Anthropic settlement
Artificial intelligence giant settles copyright infringement case
How bad would an AI crash really be for Ireland?
Department of Finance’s attempt to gauge potential damage is limited but useful
Elon Musk’s Wokebusters and the failing campaign against The Odyssey
Let’s not pretend right-wing blowhards criticising Christopher Nolan’s film really care about infelicities in shipbuilding
Google’s chatty new home speaker with built-in Gemini AI for €99
Google’s AI bot Gemini is built into the home speaker offering
Intel posts fastest growth in 15 years as AI data centres demand fuels sales
Chipmaker’s revenue jumped 25% in the second quarter
Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists?
China’s high degree of self-sufficiency also reduces its vulnerability to coercion by others
Lara Marlowe: Robots have brought a ‘horrifying intimacy’ to warfare
Vladimir Putin is reportedly terrified that a drone with facial recognition technology – like the AI tools used by Israel to assassinate Iranian leaders – may be used to kill him
Tech firm TEKenable expects more jobs and revenue with new partnership programme
Company eyes up 30 new positions at it looks to attract new clients
Google burns through $6bn in cash as AI spending climbs again
Search giant says it will commit up to $205bn to AI investments in 2026
Ireland faces lower employment and weaker growth if AI bubble bursts
Department of Finance research suggests sliding demand if US stock markets plunge
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