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
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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
The race for an AI-powered personal assistant
Google and OpenAI unveiled new tools to bring ‘intelligent systems’ a step closer. Will this be a milestone for generative AI?
Secondary students regularly see ‘toxic’ content on social media, survey finds
More than two-thirds report using AI tools, with almost half using ChatGPT for school-related tasks
Chinese AI start-ups power ahead in the race to overtake ChatGPT
Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and 01.ai lead pack of more than 260 firms challenging US rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic
AI pay-off doubts hang over earnings in big tech
The likely message from the leading companies is: be patient
ChatGPT essay cheats are a menace to us all
Students who outsource their thinking to AI tools pose a risk to future employers and more
Leaving Cert reform plans may result in irreparable damage to exams’ reputation
Exam reform is badly needed. But not like this, with vague learning outcomes and too much scope for use of ChatGPT
Google may introduce charge for AI searches
Tech giant has been scrambling to respond to ChatGPT’s quick answers to questions, threatening traditional search engine links and advertising
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