Unthinkable: Regulating generative AI is important in its own right, but it’s also a dummy run for the existential threat of artificial general intelligence. This will go beyond mimicking human intelligence to conquering it
A person who thinks a book can be ‘edited’ by a piece of software is a person who simply doesn’t know what editing is
International Energy Agency expects data centres to consume 32% of total electricity in Ireland by 2026
AI large language models can give an illusion of intelligence but in fact it is inherently limited in high-level reasoning
KPMG survey points to ‘top-down push’ to implement fast-moving technologies
Additional assessment components worth 40% are being introduced at a time when AI tools are developing rapidly and relentlessly
More than 20,000 artists, writers, composers and other cultural creatives are objecting to unlicensed scraping of their work in the AI space race
Generative AI: If I hadn’t created this ‘podcast’, it would have taken me a few minutes before I realised something was amiss
A growing body of research shows that generative AI has considerable potential in gathering patient information and helping doctors with diagnostics
Procrastination and rumination are a curse of office life – don’t be afraid to ask for help
New technologies can help applicants stand out – or kill any sense of individuality and thwart both them and potential employers
Company behind ChatGPT could now be valued at $157bn
Trinity College Dublin lecturer and author Kevin Power gives his take on students’ use of AI to help them with exam papers
Irish-language schools may be faced with an impossible choice: embrace second-rate AI or forgo the potential benefits of automation
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
Tech giant struggles to marry user privacy and data control with access to a locked-down cloud environment when required
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
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
The chatbot takes mere seconds to come up with its versions of these bestselling authors’ work. How convincing are they?
Q&A: Apple unveiled its new AI this week. But what does it mean for end users?
Price gained 7.3 per cent, a first record high for the year and after an initial lukewarm reaction from investors
Artificial intelligence, new updates for iPad, iPhone and Mac - but no new hardware
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
IPhone maker has been under pressure to match the likes of Microsoft in new technology
Study says conference call ‘noise’ can make it tougher to identify companies with good or bad news
Sarah Friar to lead financial function after spell as NextDoor chief executive
Intel’s shares have lost more than half their value in recent years
But students cheating on essays is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to artificial intelligence and plagiarism
Google and OpenAI unveiled new tools to bring ‘intelligent systems’ a step closer. Will this be a milestone for generative AI?
More than two-thirds report using AI tools, with almost half using ChatGPT for school-related tasks
Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and 01.ai lead pack of more than 260 firms challenging US rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic
The likely message from the leading companies is: be patient
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