Sheer prevalence of AI prose is giving rise to a new and extreme kind of suspicion
We exist, increasingly, in a cultural environment where we can never be quite sure whether what we are reading was written by a human or LLM
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Be more Ryan Gosling: Why AI and the media need us to be curious
News outlets are built on curiosity. Now they’re having to defend the kind the powerful don’t like
Irish public ‘emotionally checking out’ after succession of crises
Instead of panicking in the face of global turmoil, people are emotionally checking out, survey suggests
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‘There will be lay-offs’: the students studying AI in Dublin
Concern for employment prospects as AI makes jobs obsolete, but hope remains for those who adapt
Data centre expansion policy prolongs reliance on fossil fuels
Current State policy embeds fossil gas at the heart of the data centre sector’s growth
Chatbots can now pass the Turing test. Lots of humans can’t
Netflix’s new show Inside forces influencers to do challenging tasks, such as not acting like techie toddlers
Why do politicians want AI to go faster?
Bullish rhetoric about ‘unleashing’ the technology is badly out of touch with the sensibilities of many voters
When AI works out how to write badly to convince us it’s human, the jig is up
It’s enough to make you want to lie down in a darkened room
Teachers to consider escalating industrial action over lack of pay rises
Union survey finds high level of concern that AI has changed practical meaning of what constitutes ‘student work’ in Leaving Cert
Teacher shortages: High cost of living creates Dublin ‘brain drain’
Urban allowance similar to London weighting could help alleviate difficulties in recruiting staff, figures in profession say
What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad
The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage
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Labour Court issues AI guidance for preparing cases amid rise in inaccurate evidence
Use of AI ‘not wholesale but is definitely creeping in’, Labour Court sources say
Court dismisses Gemma O’Doherty’s bid for strikeout of defamation case
Judge says journalist and activist used AI, which cited ‘fake’ legal authorities
A robot to wash your windows? Spring cleaning with a tech twist
From apps to keep you on track to robots to pick up some of the slack, there is something for everyone – and all budgets
Inflation could climb above 4% if Iran conflict is prolonged, Central Bank warns
Regulator says spike in oil and gas prices will lead to lower growth and higher inflation
Policy action required to mitigate AI disruption in labour market, says Central Bank
Some 31% of the workforce could be highly exposed to ‘substitution risk’
More than a third of Irish office workers feel they cannot do their jobs without AI
Some 18% of employees completed a work task using an AI tool without checking it for accuracy, new research finds
Once one of the most influential people in Irish media, he ignored his own golden rule
A journalist using AI-generated quotes in articles about AI is like a doctor injecting one virus in the hope of curing another
Office of the Planning Regulator faces overhaul amid concern over delays
Jack Chambers to brief Cabinet on plans aimed at speeding up critical infrastructure delivery
Peter Vandermeersch controversy illustrates AI challenge more vividly than anything he wrote
Former publisher of Irish Independent and its Sunday sister title suspended by Mediahuis over using false quotes in articles derived from AI tools such as ChatGPT
Dip in recruitment less stark here than in other European markets, jobs data shows
Ireland had highest level of remote job postings offered in January, says LinkedIn
Is a plumbing career the answer to surviving AI?
Skilled trades regarded as safe from automation but still face social resistance
Trust in AI’s financial acumen reaches almost 40%, neobank survey suggests
Some consumers view artificial intelligence as or more useful than human interaction, says Bunq
AI bubble fears cool but major IPO tests lie ahead
Classic scenario typically sees a rush of companies selling to ravenous public; the AI boom has been more marked by buy-backs
At the Oscars, a classic story of art rebuking commerce
The party had a euphoric vibe – until two famous guests had a bristling smackdown
Troy Parrott gets a shoutout during Zohran Mamdani’s St Patrick’s Day ‘hijack’
Visionary leader sought for Ireland’s AI office; RTÉ cranks up the hyperbole for Jessie Buckley; hairdressing classes for ‘warehoused’ prisoners
Irish-founded Horizon Quantum raises $120m with Nasdaq listing
Quantum computing business goes public after Spac deal
‘It’s just there on your phone’: Why millions of people are using AI for therapy
Researchers are beginning to see bots repurposed for emotional support in lieu of traditional mental healthcare
Energy prices surge amid Middle East crisis, end of Ukrainian housing payment, and AI in the workplace
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Roadmap for AI in health is welcome but five years is an eternity
Many doctors admit privately that, when pushed for time, they will use their phones to consult a publicly available AI tool
Mediahuis suspends senior journalist after admission of using AI material in his work
Publisher of Irish Independent and Sunday Independent says ‘this should never have happened’
Ireland can offer hope as militarisation hastens climate catastrophe
Irish neutrality shields us from involvement in senseless wars and helps us limit environmental damage
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