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Google Ireland said the grants will support training and skills for workers who are most likely to be impacted by workplace transitions brought on by AI

Google's €500,000 funding to improve access to AI

Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has announced €500,000 in grants to help improve access to artificial intelligence (AI) in Ireland.

Business • 22 Apr 24

Apple is aiming to release updated computers late this year and early next year, and they would include new iMacs

Apple plans Mac overhaul with AI-focused M4 chip - report

Apple is nearing the production of M4 computer processors which would have AI processing capabilities and plans to update every Mac model with it, Bloomberg News has reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Business • 12 Apr 24

The 2024 Ireland edition of Edelman's annual Trust Barometer shows that just 26% of respondents trust AI

Latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows deep distrust in AI

A new survey of Irish public sentiment shows that just 26% of respondents trust artificial intelligence (AI) and only 20% are trusting of genetically modified foods.

Business • 13 Mar 24

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is to pen-source its ChatGPT challenger 'Grok' this week

Musk to make xAI's Grok chatbot open - source

Elon Musk said today his artificial intelligence startup xAI would open-source its ChatGPT challenger "Grok" this week, days after he sued OpenAI for abandoning its original mission in favour of a for-profit model.

Business • 11 Mar 24

AI talent war heats up in Europe

An influx of artificial intelligence (AI) startups is heating up the battle for technical talent in Europe, leaving companies like Google DeepMind to choose between paying big or losing out on the region's best minds.

Business • 11 Mar 24

Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman

Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Altman for abandoning mission

Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others, saying they had abandoned the company's original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity not profit.

Business • 01 Mar 24

A new tool will be developed to demonstrate the potential of generative AI to support unique, bespoke experiences for visitors to Dublin.

Dublin City Council, OpenAI team up for tourism project

Open AI, the parent company of ChatGPT, is teaming up with Dublin City Council to showcase the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance and support the tourism industry.

Business • 28 Feb 24

The Times sued OpenAI and its largest financial backer Microsoft in December.

OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of the New York Times copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper "hacked" its chatbot ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence systems to generate misleading evidence for the case.

Business • 27 Feb 24

Blackwells is one of two activist investors pushing for board seats at Disney.

Disney activist Blackwells demands AI strategy

Walt Disney shareholder Blackwells Capital is calling for it come up with an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, saying that this could lift the US media and entertainment giant's stock price by as much as 129%.

Business • 26 Feb 24

The four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) got under way today in Barcelona

Smartphone makers bet on AI to revive sales

Smartphone makers are packing their latest devices with flashy new artificial intelligence tools such as real-time voice translation and advanced photo editing in efforts to reignite consumer demand.

Business • 27 Feb 24

43% of businesses surveyed globally are investing in generative AI.

AI top of the list for businesses investing in technology

Businesses investing in technology are putting artificial intelligence (AI) top of their list, new research by EY shows.

Business • 23 Feb 24

$30 billion worth of Nvidia shares changed hands daily on average over the past 30 sessions, pulling ahead of Tesla, which averaged $22 billion a day over the same time

Nvidia dethrones Tesla as Wall Street's most traded stock

Chipmaker Nvidia is replacing Tesla as Wall Street's most traded stock by value, adding to its prominence after becoming the third-most valuable US company and showing more evidence of how central AI-related bets have become to investors.

Business • 21 Feb 24

Hilary O'Meara, Managing director of Accenture Ireland, Enda King, Director of The Dock, Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture and Denis Hannigan, Data and AI Practice Lead, Accenture in Ireland.

Accenture opens new generative AI studio in Dublin

Accenture has opened a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) studio in Dublin.

Business • 19 Feb 24

More than three quarters of Irish workers said technology plays an important or critical role in their day-to-day work.

Half of Irish people have experimented with AI

Almost half of Irish people say they have experimented with artificial intelligence (AI) or use it regularly for personal use, according to a new survey.

Business • 15 Feb 24

Google has opened applications for social enterprises and nonprofits that could help reach those most likely to benefit from AI training

Google pledges €25m to boost AI skills in Europe

Google has pledged €25m to help people in Europe learn to use artificial intelligence (AI).

Business • 12 Feb 24

Alphabet shares fell 6% in after-hours trade last night on Wall Street

Alphabet's Q4 ad revenue disappoints, shares sink 6%

Google owner Alphabet disappointed Wall Street as Christmas-season advertising sales came in below expectations and the company said its spending on items such as servers to power artificial intelligence would jump this year.

Business • 31 Jan 24

Microsoft's total revenue grew 18% to $62 billion in the quarter ended December 31, compared with the average analyst estimate of $61.12 billion

Microsoft touts AI strength, shares dip on higher costs

Microsoft has beaten market estimates for quarterly profit and revenue, as new artificial-intelligence features helped attract customers to its Azure cloud service as they built out their own AI services.

Business • 31 Jan 24

Mark Read, the CEO of WPP, is looking to invest in AI at the ad firm

WPP bets on AI for growth, but no quick fix for 2024

Advertising group WPP is to invest in AI to drive its top line and improve margins in the medium term but 2024 will be another tough year, as it forecast that like-for-like growth would be flat to up by 1%.

Business • 30 Jan 24

IBM said it expects 2024 revenue to grow in the mid-single-digits, at around 4%-6%, compared with Wall Street expectations of about 3%

IBM forecasts annual revenue growth above estimates

IBM has forecast full-year revenue growth above market estimates, banking on stable demand for its IT software and consultancy services from businesses looking to adopt artificial intelligence (AI).

Business • 25 Jan 24

SAP said it expects generative AI to fundamentally change its business

SAP to restructure 8,000 roles in push towards AI

German software firm SAP has unveiled a €2 billion restructuring programme for 2024 that will affect 8,000 roles, as it seeks to better focus on growth in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven business areas.

Business • 24 Jan 24

Several CEOs at the WEF meeting in Davos told Reuters that the latest generative AI still has a lot to prove.

AI buzzes Davos, CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay

Bright banners tout the promise of artificial intelligence along the main promenade of Davos, but executives at the World Economic Forum (WEF) say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers.

Business • 18 Jan 24

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, during an interview with Bloomberg House at Davos today

Microsoft CEO defends OpenAI partnership after probes

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has today defended his company's multi-billion-dollar investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI after the EU and Britain launched probes into whether it resembles a merger.

Business • 16 Jan 24

Text to image generative AI is shown at CES 2024 in Las Vegas

CES 2024 is not the year of the AI gadget

Generative AI fever was expected to sweep through tech land and dominate CES, the year's premiere consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas this week.

Business • 12 Jan 24

CES 2024 runs from January 9 to 12 in Las Vegas

AI to dominate CES 2024, even without OpenAI's Altman

OpenAI boss Sam Altman will not appear at the CES trade show in Las Vegas next week. But the generative artificial-intelligence fever his startup set off last year will be on full display as gadget makers race to find consumer uses for the technology.

Business • 10 Jan 24

The study found that over 60% of people in Ireland have heard of Generative AI, with 33% having used the technology

One in ten Irish people have used AI in work - study

One year after the launch of ChatGPT, more than 300,000 people in Ireland have used artificial intelligence at work, according to new research from Deloitte.

Business • 23 Nov 23

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