Taking teachers seriously as professionals would solve some big problems in Irish education
Primary and post-primary schools are struggling to fill teaching posts and having to resort to employing unqualified people. Why?
AI: Artificial intelligence
Edward McCloskey of Irish firm WaterWipes: The target is becoming a ‘billion-dollar brand’
WaterWipes has employees in Europe, the US and Australia as well as nearly 400 employees in Ireland
As dating apps lose their appeal, the race is on to create real-world experiences
Can VR and AI rekindle the world of tech-aided matchmaking or are we starting to see a return to the old days of face-to-face meet-ups?
Before the golden age of AI must come the crash, history suggests
Ninety-five per cent of companies surveyed getting zero return from their investments in generative AI, research finds
AI just as accurate as radiologists at detecting breast cancer, study finds
Researchers also find AI is sometimes more accurate in crucial early detection of tumours
The lost art of admitting what you don’t know
Even LLMs are starting to show this worrying human tendency
AI needed to help Ireland’s infrastructure withstand climate disasters – Deloitte
Global report finds AI tools can boost resilience of ageing infrastructure and mitigate flood and storm damage
Forget the futuristic dystopias: AI is changing the world right now
The backlash against changes to ChatGPT reveals how it is being used by users in their daily lives
Pope Leo’s first 100 days: ‘He is returning to what was normality before’
Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the more formal Vatican structure of the past
The lure of AI companionship poses a real danger to vulnerable people
The same online forces that nudged Gen Z into a pit of loneliness using algorithms are selling AI companionship to them
ChatGPT-5: Maybe Sam Altman should cool the jets on new AI iterations
OpenAI’s latest upgrade of its AI tool is effectively being tested by 700m users while having potential for adverse real-world impact
Dementia and AI: ‘I’ve never seen something quite like this’
Experts say AI companions can help keep the brain active and alleviate loneliness in dementia patients
Ireland could be ‘AI Island’ but must act promptly to set up artificial intelligence office and observatory
‘What will happen is workers who use AI will replace those who don’t,’ says Fianna Fáil TD
Thousands of ChatGPT conversations accessible online despite efforts to erase them
Report highlights difficulty with erasing online posts once they have been made public
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
The gap between hype and reality is frustratingly wide and growing
Jobseekers shunning academia and trades in favour of AI-centric roles, Indeed says
Data from jobs platform shows Ireland leading the way in Europe with highest proportion of Gen AI postings, outpacing traditional roles
A prima facie case of judges at odds over Latin
Plus: a Leeds MP’s chatbot struggles with our Irish-themed questions; Pope Leo’s Duolingo streak; and a US TikTok star discovers Kerry GAA
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
Could AI help America out of its debt hole?
Some investors believe the technology’s productivity benefits will put the US on a better fiscal path
RTÉ €725m funding could ‘distort’ media market, Irish Independent publisher warns Minister
Mediahuis tells minister to continue scrutinising cost of broadcaster ‘duplicating work’ done by commercial media
The Irish Times view on AI vehicles: no replacement for MetroLink
Dermot Desmond’s suggestion misses the point entirely
What is OpenAI’s GPT-5, and should I worry about my job?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AI model boasts PhD-level intelligence, but remains a technology in progress
The future of pocket money? NestiFi lets families invest together for kids
Niall Dennehy’s new AI-powered platform lets families co-invest for children using blockchain and index funds
Microsoft provides data storage for Israeli military
A Microsoft spokesperson did not comment on a query about Irish data centres’ involvement
AI’s inbuilt biases threaten to undermine women in the workplace
For many companies, the short-term promise of productivity seems to be overcoming the hard reality of long-term bias and exclusion
Irish data group Advise plans €1.8m expansion into UK
Data analysis specialist that uses AI to streamline its offering eyes €2bn market
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars
Goliath’s Curse: Powerful if uneven portrait of societal collapse sings the praises of Irish Citizens’ Assembly
According to Luke Kemp’s learned, provocative and deeply unsettling book about how societies come crashing down, today’s equivalent of Goliath is staring us in the mirror
I am a university lecturer witnessing how AI is shrinking our ability to think
As technology improves, the temptation to use it to game the system grows
‘Age doesn’t matter’ says Irish teenage entrepreneur after raising €1.2m for AI start-up
‘It is an incredibly exciting time to be 18 years old’
Big Tech’s spend on generative AI still a staggering shot in the dark
Stellar results from Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta cannot yet be attributed to the technology’s usefulness
Tesla ordered by Florida jury to pay $329m over fatal crash
Judge rejected efforts by Elon Musk’s company to dismiss the case earlier in the summer
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