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AI bubble: fact or fiction?
JP Morgan sanguine as rising share prices are accompanied by increased earnings among dominant ‘magnificent seven’
Meta fined nearly €800m for breaking EU law over classified ads practices
Facebook is undermining rivals by ‘tying’ its free Marketplace services with the social network, Brussels says
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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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Microsoft’s plan to add 550 new roles at its Irish operation
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Microsoft to add 550 jobs in Ireland covering AI and cybersecurity roles
Tech giant to recruit for 120 jobs immediately, with other roles to follow over next three to four years
Meta, Microsoft lift AI spending, worrying Wall Street ahead of Amazon results
Spending will build out data centres to meet vast demand
Will nuclear really power the AI boom?
Microsoft, Google and Amazon are all eyeing nuclear power to supply their data centres with low-carbon energy
Flutter finishes down 6% as UK considers £3bn tax on gambling firms
Mixed day for banks and building firms on Irish market
As Google faces possible break-up, investors bet on business as usual
The last big tech antitrust case, against Microsoft in 2001, did not result in a break-up of the company
Investors look beyond Nvidia and the magnificent seven
Increasingly confident investors looking beyond tech giants, suggesting reign may be over — for now at least
OpenAI closes $6.6bn funding haul with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia
Company behind ChatGPT could now be valued at $157bn
Microsoft agrees ESB data centre hydrogen power deal
Pilot project is part of a showcase of technology’s capability
Is all the investment pumped into AI really worth it?
With humans outperforming the technology in a recent exploratory trial, equipping such systems with the autonomy to carry out their own actions raises questions of practicality, ethics and philosophy
Amazon rejects staff claim return-to-office policy is aimed at cutting jobs
Big tech companies have differing requirements when it comes to attending work in person
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