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Apps from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more were asked to write emails, book travel and summarise the news. Here’s how they fared
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Anthropic AI group to add 100 new jobs in Europe
Man who led Stripe’s European rollout comes on board start-up led by disaffected OpenAI employees which has backing from Google and Amazon
When AI images become ‘an insult to life itself’
Whether you find it fascinating or horrifying, the latest advance in generative AI means we need to learn to read images in a new way
Microsoft president Brad Smith: ‘Our support for Ireland is steadfast’
Microsoft president Brad Smith says the company, which is celebrating 50 years since it was founded, and 40 years in Ireland, is as committed to the country as it was in the 1980s
OpenAI’s short story about grief has critics in floods of tears or outrage. They’re all missing the point
Judging this story as I’d judge a short story published in The Stinging Fly or the Winter Papers is the wrong approach to take. Reading AI-generated stories demands a new type of literacy
The Irish connection to Banksy’s painting that’s expected to fetch as much as €6m at auction
Planet Business: Taylor Swift’s IFPI triumph, Mira Murati’s new AI venture and tourism slogans gone awry
As the global AI race intensifies, Europe tries to close the large gap
At a summit in Paris, the EU pledges to start putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to artificial intelligence
Why is Deepseek, a little-known Chinese AI start-up, causing waves in the tech world?
Chinese start-up upends global AI race
Nuclear comes back into fashion as AI and data centres manage their energy challenge
Cloud providers are interested in the potential of miniature nuclear reactors but they come with risks as well as potential
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
‘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
Are directors of founder-led companies being set up to fail?
It can be hard to rein in one dominant individual unless boundaries are set
OpenAI closes $6.6bn funding haul with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia
Company behind ChatGPT could now be valued at $157bn
Using fear to sell AI is a bad idea
Constant warnings about the technology’s power prime early users for disappointment
Meta unveils latest artificial intelligence models as it plans open-source future
Llama 3.1 is ‘state of the art’ Mark Zuckerberg says
EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over Teams
Allegations that software giant gained ‘undue advantage’ by bundling video conferencing app with Office are first such charges against it in over a decade
OpenAI hires Irish tech executive as new chief financial officer
Sarah Friar to lead financial function after spell as NextDoor chief executive
OpenAI creates committee to monitor safety of its artificial intelligence models
Move comes as Sam Altman’s firm begins work on its latest large language model
To make artificial intelligence safer, use it more
Trying to restrict AI usage was never realistic, so let’s use it right
OpenAI launches faster and cheaper AI model with GPT-4o
Update will bring a number of features to free users that previously had been limited to those with a paid subscription to ChatGPT
Could AI take over your favourite TV programme?
Soap operas are well-oiled machines even without the presence of machine learning, but now fears abound that generative AI tools could replace human screenwriters
Full steam ahead for IDA as it steps on board the AI hype train
No place for scepticism in IDA Ireland’s labour market report as it hails potential of artificial intelligence
Elon Musk sues OpenAI over ‘benefit to humanity’ concerns
Suit alleges the start-up’s original mission to build AI systems for the benefit of humanity has been compromised
Dublin’s new official tour guide? AI chatbot to help show visitors around capital
‘Smart tourism’ initiative aims to demonstrate how AI can help with more personalised travel recommendations
Dublin City Council partners with OpenAI for ‘smart tourism’ initiative
Technology could be used to create bespoke travel plans
Dave Fanning’s AI defamation case is at a new legal frontier
The Achilles heel of generative AI is its pervasive tendency to spoof. This is giving rise to mind-bending legal issues - along with complaints from authors and artists
Microsoft makes first keyboard change in almost 30 years in AI push
AI-powered assistants are becoming a core part of the Windows system
Media and tech war over generative AI reaches new level
The New York Times’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft shows the stakes raised by artificial intelligence
Metaverse aside, Zuckerberg has had a surprisingly good year
Interest in virtual reality remains tepid — but his AI experiment proved more successful
Planet Business: Hunt and Sunak prepare for electoral defeat with weak-tea budget
Planet Business: Kyle and Jackie O, departing top executives, and boardroom shenanigans at OpenAI
OpenAI board stands firm in face of staff revolt over Sam Altman’s ousting
OpenAI in ‘intense discussions’ to unify company, memo says
Better to be spooked by AI than complacent about the impact it will have on our lives
AI is destined to become our ‘co-pilot’ at work – whether we want one or not
Can AI be taught to stop straying from its ethical guardrails?
Google, OpenAI and Anthropic want technology such as chatbots to learn from a ‘constitution’ to keep them from generating toxic content
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