AI engineers and researchers to advance discovery across humanities and the sciences at new UCD institute

University College Dublin (UCD) has launched Ireland’s first university-led Artificial Intelligence Institute to empower researchers across all disciplines, accelerate scientific discovery and impact policy...

Tesla presents flying Roadster, but experts doubt its feasibility

Elon Musk yesterday presented the new Tesla Roadster at a SpaceX test site in Texas and claimed that the vehicle can fly. The two-seater sports...

Dublin declares AI is a good thing and Digital Infrastructure Ireland’s Ronan Kelly

This week’s International AI Summit will be remembered for one thing: the Dublin Declaration on how Europe will ‘do’ artificial intelligence. We review the...

Anthropic’s revenue rises 45% in the third quarter to $16.8bn

According to reports by the Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg, Anthropic announced at a meeting with investors in San Francisco that revenue for the...

Chatbots blurring lines between humans and software, researchers warn

Chatbots are offering a "pretend empathy" that loosens people's grasp of reality, according to US researchers, citing interviews with parents whose children are convinced that...

TomTom sheds 200 jobs in reorganisation

TomTom is announcing organisational changes intended to make the company more focused, faster and more scalable. The company has been restructured into three divisions:...

Ireland ranks fourth globally for AI engineering talent

Ireland ranks fourth globally for AI engineering talent concentration and net AI talent migration, according to the latest Labour Market Pulse report published by...

Salesforce invests $750,000 in AI skills programme for young people

Salesforce has announced a $750,000 grant to the National College of Ireland (NCI) to expand access to artificial intelligence education and career pathways for...

Echelon to establish Ireland’s first Green Energy Park in Arklow

Echelon Data Centres will establish Ireland’s first Green Energy Park at its DUB20 data centre campus in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, marking a major milestone...

Enterprise Ireland announces new start-up accelerator at AI Summit

Enterprise Ireland today announced the launch of the Startup Ireland AI Accelerator Programme, the first specialist accelerator to be delivered under Startup Ireland's €21...

Sligo fintech wins best anti-fraud solution at Open Banking Awards in London

Sligo-based fintech firm FacePOS won top honours in the best anti-fraud Solution category at the Open Banking Expo Awards in London last night.  FacePOS is...

Lawsuit against Apple over scraping YouTube videos to go ahead

Apple must answer in court to accusations that the company collected YouTube videos without permission in order to train generative AI models, a US...

Almost two-thirds of AI systems fail terrorism-related safety tests

A recent analysis by the British non-profit organisation Tech Against Terrorism shows that 60% of AI systems failed to meet safety assessments related to...

Majority of European food and personal care brand websites send visitor data before users make cookie banner decision

Almost all major food and personal care brands’ websites in Europe are passing on visitor data before they make a preference on the kind...

Microsoft Maia 300 chip to reduce dependence on Nvidia

In an effort to cut operational costs, Microsoft has unveiled the Maia 300, the third iteration of its own AI hardware. The company plans to...

Global smartphone sales drop sharply due to chip shortage and rising costs

According to preliminary data from Counterpoint Research, the global smartphone market saw its biggest decline in more than 10 years in the third quarter....
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