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Brian O'Donovan

Work & Technology Correspondent

X limit on Grok image edits 'window dressing' - minister

The Minister of State with responsibility for AI Niamh Smyth has described X putting some Grok image editing features behind a paywall as "window dressing".
World • 09 Jan

Stripe CEO says businesses must adapt in 'volatile world'

Patrick Collison, the CEO and co-founder of financial technology firm Stripe, has said that we live in a volatile world and that businesses need to be more adaptable than ever.
Ireland • 08 Jan

Minister wants X meeting over 'disturbing' Grok concerns

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Niamh Smyth has requested a meeting with X over concerns that the AI tool Grok is being used to create sexually explicit images of adults and children.
Ireland • 07 Jan

Skorts, AI glasses - Young Scientist projects on display

The impact of skorts on the camogie pitch, AI glasses for people with dementia and an app to translate Irish Sign Language (ISL) are among the 550 entries that have gone on display at this year's Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
Ireland • 07 Jan

RSA driving testers vote in favour of strike action

Driving testers at the Road Safety Authority, who are members of the Fórsa trade union, have voted in favour of taking industrial action.
Ireland • 06 Jan

Using Grok to make explicit images 'shocking' - Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described reports of the Grok artificial intelligence tool being used to create sexually explicit images of adults and children on social media site X as "unacceptable" and "shocking".
Ireland • 06 Jan

AI company to create 20 jobs, open new office in Dublin

Artificial intelligence company Harvey is to open a new office in Dublin in late March
Business • 06 Jan

Workers at outsourcing firm Covalen to take strike action

Workers at outsourcing firm Covalen, who are members of the Communications Workers' Union, will take strike action in a dispute over redundancy pay and union recognition.
Business • 06 Jan

Sharp rise in work-related deaths in 2025

The Health and Safety Authority has published provisional figures showing that 58 people died in work-related incidents during 2025, representing a 61% increase on the 36 who died in 2024.
Ireland • 05 Jan

OpenAI signs Irish Govt charter on digital inclusion

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has signed up to an Irish Government charter on digital inclusion.
Business • 02 Jan

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