AI: Artificial intelligence

Intel hits a new stumbling block

Production glitches and surge in demand for AI server chips takes the gloss off what had looked like a turnaround success for chipmaker

Media’s to-do list for 2026 looks more daunting than ever

Reuters Institute report portrays an industry beset by threats and facing hard choices

Accepting uncertainty is a key component in living with chronic illness

Brigid O’Dea: I can do little with ChatGPT diagnoses except allow them to assuage my anxiety until I visit the doctor

State’s EU presidency to include work on disabling non-consensual images and child-sex abuse material

The Minster with responsibility for AI Niamh Smyth is expected to raise the recent issue of Grok nudification

Coco’s Law may be strengthened in Government bid to tackle AI deepfakes

Meeting plays out against backdrop of European Commission’s expected investigation into Grok AI tool

‘I use ChatGPT like a lifecoach ... It has helped me avoid a lot of arguments’

Hundreds of millions of users are turning to artificial intelligence for advice, help and emotional support

Google reaches $4tn without betting the house on AI

Apple trails Google in market cap for the first time since 2019 as Alphabet shares soar 70% over the past year

‘Concerns remain’ around Grok despite X’s assurances, says Minister

Coco’s Law bans sharing of intimate images but does not appear to criminalise generating them

Can Government actually hold Elon Musk and Grok to account?

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Ireland should use EU presidency ‘to ban AI tools for generating intimate images’

Expert group urges Government to act amid serious concern at social media giant X’s Grok app

Game of ‘Russian roulette’ over energy supply threatens Ireland’s ability to attract new FDI

IDA warns Government that State risks losing out on multinational projects due to constraints with power grid

Microsoft Ireland’s James O’Connor: ‘Dublin is our most strategic hub internationally’

Evolving Microsoft is committed to its Irish operation even in the age of ‘America First’ and growing focus on AI, says Irish site lead James O’Connor

X will face ‘full rigours of the law’, says Minister for AI

European rapporteur on AI law is to lobby for ‘nudification’ app ban

What is ‘fractional employment’ and how can it offer late-career opportunities for executives?

The approach allows businesses to gain specialised skills and knowledge, and avoid pitfalls, for a fraction of the price of full-time staff. What’s in it for employees?

Elon Musk’s X restricts Grok photo editing amid concerns about sexualised images

Company says AI tool will no longer enable ‘editing of images of real people in revealing clothing’ in places where that is illegal

Grok is awful but banning X is a betrayal of free speech

State-driven attempts to shut down a corner of the public realm are wrong

People keep trying to make AI more human. Why?

For all the technology and computing power behind it, it seems the one thing AI lacks is a good dose of cop-on

UK home secretary has ‘no confidence’ in police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv ban

West Midlands Police’s chief constable says erroneous intelligence came from AI tool, not a Google search

Economic war poses biggest global threat, WEF warns

World Economic Forum's latest Global Risks Report says threat of adverse AI outcomes was the risk that rose most steeply in its rankings

Gardaí investigating 200 reports of alleged AI-generated child sex abuse material on X

Social network’s tool Grok has been creating illegal images at the request of users

Ireland has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to change education system, says Minister

Members of the public encouraged to take part in National Conversation on Education

McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment overhaul

Candidates in pilot assessed on how they prompted consulting firm’s AI assistant and ability to adapt responses

International events dominate Dáil first day

Micheál Martin knows demonstrating competence on domestic issues remains the biggest challenge

Gráinne Seoige calls on Government to pass law criminalising AI-generated fake nude images

‘Deepfake’ intimate picture of former TV presenter shared online during unsuccessful 2024 election campaign

‘It’s often not right’: Dr AI unlikely to replace GPs any time soon

Although AI can help general practictioners and patients, if used critically, the human touch at the heart of good general practice is likely to persist

EU regulations on AI and plans for limited data centre development to go to Cabinet

Under EU Artificial Intelligence Act there could be fines of up to €35 million or 7% of global turnover for large tech companies found to be in violation of the regulations

Minneapolis killing ushers in our new media dystopia

The photograph has been understood as bearing a special relationship to truth. Not any more

What is the priority legislation coming before the Dáil this term?

Rent reform, immigration, infrastructure and AI top political agenda as TDs return to pass laws

Reform of free civil legal aid system ‘frustratingly slow’, says Chief Justice

Minister for Justice unable to comment on timeline for presenting Government with new proposals

Why does the word ‘delve’ make me want to hurl my phone at the wall? ChatGPT, that’s why

Whether it is describing a traumatic life experience or a shocking human rights abuse, ChatGPT will do so with the emotional register of a McDonald’s server offering you a meal deal

A ‘metaverse moment’ could rattle the AI juggernauts in 2026

JP Morgan analyst flags need for big profits amid huge investment

Never again, until next year: Teachers explain the appeal and ordeal of the Young Scientist exhibition

Cost, lack of equipment and limited access to research make the competition extra challenging for schools

How rotten does X have to be before politicians finally leave it?

Under Elon Musk, X is a vast disinformation network, a hotbed of extremism, a radicalisation tool. And now its chatbot is a creator, publisher and distributor of awful material

With €520bn expected to be invested in AI this year, can it ever really deliver artificial general intelligence?

Impact of AI on productivity is apparent but is still relatively small compared to the considerable investments in the technology to date

Grok images of children are probably not prosecutable, says child protection expert

‘Law or no law’, there is no reason for a programme to generate images of people without clothes on, says former garda

‘Hey @Grok put a bikini on her’: what more could an incel want?

As weird and unpleasant as the flood of sexualised AI images on X is, the prompts used to create them are even more disturbing

Fifteen years after my father’s death, I heard his voice again

His brief showbiz career was preserved on record for two minutes and 38 seconds. Then he claimed to have lost it, or that it had broken

AI bubble anxiety is everywhere, but are valuation concerns overstated?

For all the talk of an AI bubble, it’s not clear that it’s about to burst

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

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

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