Julia is kind, sweet and plans to raise two kids with her partner. There’s just one catch
Lamar’s plan to adopt children and parent them with his AI chatbot partner challenges our most basic notions of humanness
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The End of Everything by M John Harrison: A rudderless spin on the post-apocalyptic story
Sci-fi tale is a memorable, haunting work, but stop-start narrative makes it hard for readers to engage
Look under the hood. There are ‘echoes of 2006’ in the Irish economy
Trump says Iran peace deal has averted ‘worldwide depression’ but closer to home experts worry prices will continue to rise regardless
The human brain is not a machine
This common comparison invites us to see ourselves as sub-optimal alternatives to AI agents
KPMG Ireland chief on pushing for more office days and the impact of AI on head count
Managing partner Ryan McCarthy leads an all-island firm with nearly 4,000 staff and more than €600m in annual revenues
Leadership in an AI world - a fundamentally different approach is needed
Just 5 per cent of executives believe their workforce is fully prepared for more advanced forms of AI such as agentic systems
Plan to advise charities overseas how to avoid inadvertently financing terrorists
National group to tackle sanctions evasion efforts
Energy price shock to squeeze Irish wage growth this year, says Central Bank
Global oil and gas prices now unlikely to return to more normal levels despite putative Middle East peace deal
Climate justice calls for a fairer, healthier, more stable future
Shift towards climate justice is essential for our collective future
Leaving no one behind as vulnerable customers bank on accessibility
Closure of high street banks and ATMs, two-factor authentication and chatbots are unpopular among older people
How AI is shaping the future of fintech
AI has become a critical tool in the fight against financial crime, and the pace at which it is doing this is accelerating
‘I should be revising for exams. Instead I’m working with developers’: Irish teen AI founders set sights on US
Rhycon’s artificial intelligence tool does the heavy lifting on generating sales leads
We have to manage the AI revolution
There must be a global agreement on how the technology is controlled
Fianna Fáil MEP proposes AI guidelines restricting use in speeches and policy
Draft policy paper written by Barry Andrews with assistance of artificial intelligence
Amazon backs AI start-up developing models to simulate physical world
Company joins investment arms of Nvidia and AMD in €267m funding round for Odyssey ML
‘I don’t think AI is here to take my job’: Young professionals have their say on new technology
Despite fears that artificial intelligence could make jobs more scarce in certain sectors, many young people say their careers could benefit from use of new technologies
Dublin is one of Europe’s most ‘resilient’ cities, new report finds
City jumps five places in Savills Resilient Cities Index, indicating it is likely to attract more investment
Racism being ‘promoted by people in serious leadership positions’ around the world, McAleese says
Former president compares AI to the ‘garbage’ people were fed by Church and State at the time she was growing up
With the UK set to ban social media for under-16s, what is next for Ireland?
Proposal will see children’s access to platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X restricted
Anthropic scrambles after Trump administration freezes its top AI models
Export controls on Fable and Mythos raise doubts over how US will police the most powerful AI systems
Flutter investor Dart nears 30%, Erisbeg signs €175m deal
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Irish job ads requiring AI-related skills jumped 60% last year, PwC says
Some 2.3 per cent of postings mentioned AI skills in 2024, the firm said
How will history judge today’s chief executives?
Leading through the AI storm is shaping up to be a test for the ages
Anthropic suspends latest AI models after US blocks access to foreigners
Trump administration issued directive to company due to national security concerns
KPMG the latest firm to be caught out using AI
Top consultancy apparently used artificial intelligence to source parts of a report extolling virtues of AI
Argentina’s AI chief executives are a scary thought. But will we notice any difference?
The idea of a world run by machines might seem far fetched, but only until you think about it
Canadian tech group OpenText to create 400 jobs in Ireland over three years
Business investing €105m to grow presence in Ireland as it expands its agentic AI and sovereign cloud capabilities in Europe
The AI bubble question: is Anthropic justified at $1tn?
AI giant’s revenue is more than doubling every quarter
I told Copilot to f**k off the other day. ‘F**k off, Copilot,’ I typed, without asterisks
Rewrite this column with Microsoft’s ‘AI companion’? No, thank you, but I’m a good human, I swear
SpaceX is now a public company worth nearly $2tn. What happens next?
Investing in SpaceX isn’t a bet on the company’s fundamentals, it’s a bet on Elon Musk
What Intel’s remarkable comeback means for Ireland Inc, and for Leixlip
Long a touchstone for US investment in Ireland, Intel appears to be recovering from recent troubles
Malcolm Byrne replaced as AI committee chair after arrest
Fianna Fáil TD introduces Bill to outlaw malicious use of people’s identity via AI technology
Investors in Elon Musk’s SpaceX will need to strap in for a bumpy ride
Hype and hope collide in the biggest IPO in history
How graduates can ‘clean up’ their social media and stand out to recruiters
‘In the world of AI, employers want to see the authentic student voice coming through’
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