Are we becoming a post-literate society?
Technology has changed the way many of us consume information, from complex pieces of writing to short video clips
ChatGPT
Palantir partners with leading defence and tech companies to win US government contracts
Palantir and Anduril, two of the world’s largest defence firms, creating consortium that includes Elon Musk’s SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI
Bosses struggle to police workers’ use of AI
Staff are adopting large language models faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so
Leaving Cert students cleared to use AI in research projects
Leaving Cert candidates must reference any use of AI tools or risk forfeiting their marks
‘It’s cool’ isn’t a good reason for scientists to develop harmful technologies
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
We are up to our necks in a rising tide of AI-generated slop
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
Ireland can cope with data centres and should build more, Greencoat says
International Energy Agency expects data centres to consume 32% of total electricity in Ireland by 2026
Chris Horn: AI is 90% marketing, 10% reality, and its true business impact has yet to be proven
AI large language models can give an illusion of intelligence but in fact it is inherently limited in high-level reasoning
Irish executives eager to adopt AI despite trust and scalability anxieties
KPMG survey points to ‘top-down push’ to implement fast-moving technologies
A super-charged technology threatens to destroy the integrity of the Leaving Cert
Additional assessment components worth 40% are being introduced at a time when AI tools are developing rapidly and relentlessly
Big tech has been stealthily training its AI models. Creatives are finally waking up to the dangers. Are they too late?
More than 20,000 artists, writers, composers and other cultural creatives are objecting to unlicensed scraping of their work in the AI space race
Mark O’Connell: Had this technology existed when I was a student, I might not have been above using it
Generative AI: If I hadn’t created this ‘podcast’, it would have taken me a few minutes before I realised something was amiss
AI may be better than humans at reading cancer scans. Could bots have better bedside manner too?
A growing body of research shows that generative AI has considerable potential in gathering patient information and helping doctors with diagnostics
My procrastination became like a part-time job itself. Then I turned to ChatGPT
Procrastination and rumination are a curse of office life – don’t be afraid to ask for help
How AI is generating a ‘sea of sameness’ in job applications
New technologies can help applicants stand out – or kill any sense of individuality and thwart both them and potential employers
OpenAI closes $6.6bn funding haul with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia
Company behind ChatGPT could now be valued at $157bn
ChatGPT on campus: ‘Silicon Valley overlords have unleashed one of their ingenious, idiotic products, dismissing the downsides’
Trinity College Dublin lecturer and author Kevin Power gives his take on students’ use of AI to help them with exam papers
AI tools could revolutionise education but leave Gaelscoileanna behind
Irish-language schools may be faced with an impossible choice: embrace second-rate AI or forgo the potential benefits of automation
Leveraging GPT to help engineers and manufacturers adopt AI
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
Apple’s plan to focus on the personal side of AI takes centre stage after years of development
Tech giant struggles to marry user privacy and data control with access to a locked-down cloud environment when required
Will AI take over art? ‘No amount of sentimentality is going to stop it from happening’
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
Irish composer Jennifer Walshe on AI music: ‘If you came up with the idea for I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again, is that art?’
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
We asked ChatGPT to write like Marian Keyes, John Boyne and Paul Howard. Now they rate the results
The chatbot takes mere seconds to come up with its versions of these bestselling authors’ work. How convincing are they?
What is Apple Intelligence, and how do I get it on my smartphone?
Q&A: Apple unveiled its new AI this week. But what does it mean for end users?
Apple shares hit record high on back of new AI tools
Price gained 7.3 per cent, a first record high for the year and after an initial lukewarm reaction from investors
What did Apple announce at WWDC 2024?
Artificial intelligence, new updates for iPad, iPhone and Mac - but no new hardware
AI has its strong points. Intelligence isn’t one of them
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
Apple joins the AI party. Is it enough?
IPhone maker has been under pressure to match the likes of Microsoft in new technology
ChatGPT helps investors see through ‘bloated’ corporate fluff
Study says conference call ‘noise’ can make it tougher to identify companies with good or bad news
OpenAI hires Irish tech executive as new chief financial officer
Sarah Friar to lead financial function after spell as NextDoor chief executive
After 25 years, Intel’s Dow days look numbered. Nvidia is the top dog in AI race
Intel’s shares have lost more than half their value in recent years
‘Commendable’, ‘meticulous’ and ‘intricate’: the giveaways that students have been using AI
But students cheating on essays is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to artificial intelligence and plagiarism
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Election 2024
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices