Rewiring Democracy: ‘Citizen acceptance and trust in AI matters as much as AI capabilities’
The authors’ excitement for artificial intelligence is infectious and their understanding affords a glimpse beyond the hazards
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Are sexualised images being made by Grok AI illegal in Ireland?
Backlash after AI tool used to create flood of suggestive images on X
Musk’s xAI reports $1.46bn quarterly loss
Elon Musk’s AI firm spending billions to build out AI infrastructure
Colin Hunt: ‘We’ve seen greenwashing. The new phenomenon is greenhushing’
AIB's chief executive on what's ahead for the lender in 2026, from AI's impact on banking to the future of hybrid working
‘Would you like to be my girlfriend?’: Kieran Cuddihy’s on-air encounter would give you the ick
Radio: On RTÉ, the Liveline host hears callers’ fears of sexually explicit AI, while Oliver Callan is discombobulated by an errant guest
HR worker admits using ‘AI assistance’ to write legal papers for her employment tribunal
Claimant’s legal submissions may contain AI ‘hallucinations’, Workplace Relations Commission told
Hipster robots and cuddly artificial intelligence take over Las Vegas
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is a smorgasbord of futuristic technology products
‘This is not legal ... laws need to be enforced’: Minister rebukes X over deepfake images
Decision also influenced by increased levels of unchecked hate, misogyny, racism and anti-LGBTI+ content on the platform
Artificial intelligence is here ... and it is already rewriting the rules of education
‘As educators, our job is not to shield students from AI, but to prepare them for the reality of the working world’
How virtual replicas of hospitals and patients can transform Irish healthcare
Digital twins in healthcare: Ireland’s path to predictive medicine
Regulation too slow to stem tsunami of AI-generated child sex imagery
Elon Musk-owned Grok app has been widely downloaded following news it could create illegal sexual images and videos
Simply being an AI company will no longer be a differentiator for start-ups in 2026
Funding and securing top talent will remain key challenges for start-ups and international expansion needs to be a focus from the off
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EU executive tried to keep correspondence between union’s tech enforcer and US multinationals under wraps
Capacity constraints the big challenge for AI as we head into 2026
Looking too far into the future can make fools of us, but data-centre power shortfall and social media regulatory wrangles lie ahead
How an Irish AI start-up plans to fix manufacturing’s biggest bottleneck
Annora is tackling legacy software by rethinking how factories quote, price and sell
From Aran jumpers to the mysteries of the universe: Young Scientists explore the world
Exhibition features 550 projects that have reached the finals of the competition
Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy
Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last
Calls to fast track Bill to criminalise harmful misuse of someone’s voice or image
The Protection of Voice and Image Bill would target AI deepfakes and identity ‘hijacking’
Kingspan axes spin-off of unit riding data centres boom
Cavan-based group will retain 100% ownership of Advnsys despite strong ‘investor appetite’
Graduate recruitment slowdown by firms like KPMG in UK sends shiver down spine of south Co Dublin
For an industry which seems to have taken so much of its business plan from science fiction fantasy novels and films, it seems to have forgotten the bit where humans turn-off the machines
Early Edition Podcast - 4 stories in 5 minutes: Minister admits Ireland set to miss big climate target, and more
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
Striking workers at Covalen critical of ‘bargain basement’ consultation on redundancies
Meta contractor announced 420 job losses last year but subsequently reduced that number
AI gets put to real-life test at Young Scientist Exhibition
Technology’s implications for everything from education to dark matter feature in student studies
Attorney General examining laws on sexualised AI images amid X backlash
Regulator, Rape Crisis Ireland and civil liberties campaigners criticise generated images using Grok
CES 2026: Nvidia announces first ‘reasoning’ AI for autonomous vehicles
Company also shows off new Rubin chip designed to fulfil AI requests more quickly and cheaply
CES 2026: Intel launches next-gen PC chip
New AI chip for laptops, Panther Lake, uses 18A next-gen manufacturing process
What happens when a university closes its library?
Greece Letter: As physical books give way to ‘multipurpose spaces,’ students and academics fear the loss of the university’s intellectual heart
Watchdog raises concerns with EU over X sexually explicit images created by Grok AI
Irish MEP calls on EU to investigate 'deeply disturbing' trend
EU readies tougher tech enforcement in 2026 as Trump warns of retaliation
Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels’ willingness to stick with digital rule book
In India, the car horn isn’t an accessory. It’s survival
How sounds, not signals, governs the world’s most chaotic traffic
Fuss over AI actors is a distraction – Netflix has been making algorithm movies for years
Think of the movies Atlas or the deafeningly forgettable Red Notice
Artificial intelligence to be at the heart of innovation in coming year
‘After a year of cautious pilots, 2026 will see the Irish public sector accelerate AI adoption, with healthcare at the forefront’
Prices of smartphones, computers and home appliances could jump by 20% this year amid chip shortages
Manufacturers and analysts warn AI data centre build-out is crowding out market for semiconductors
The solution to tackling the climate crisis? We need everything
Wind, solar, green hydrogen - every scalable option shown to work at reasonable cost is required
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