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Microsoft Copilot: Will 2024 be its year?

Colin Ryan — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:30:01 +0000

BearingPoint's Phillip Fitzpatrick and Stephen Redmond discuss the capabilities of Microsoft's AI digital assistant, Copilot.

Google to invest €25m in the EU to develop AI skills

Vish Gain — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:22:22 +0000

Matt Brittin, EMEA president at Google, said the funding follows a similar initiative that has helped people in Europe digitally upskill.

US to invest more than $5bn into semiconductor R&D space

Colin Ryan — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:00:40 +0000

The investment is being implemented under the Chips and Science Act, as the country continues its efforts to boost its capabilities in the sector.

AI and Big Tech’s role in elections to be included in EU’s DSA

Blathnaid O’Dea — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:22:11 +0000

The EU's public consultation will run until 7 March to gather opinions on how it should approach solving threats to democracy like deepfakes.

Google Bard is now Gemini as Android gets new AI assistant

Vish Gain — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:36:01 +0000

Gemini will give users access to the search giant's ‘largest and most capable’ AI model built to date.

ESB opens major battery energy storage site in Dublin’s Poolbeg

Vish Gain — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:25:26 +0000

Operational since November last year, the project has the capacity to provide 75MW of energy to Ireland’s electricity system for around two hours.

Fake calls using AI voice of Biden used to discourage US voters

Vish Gain — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:40:34 +0000

Following an investigation, authorities identified Texas-based Life Corporation and an individual named Walter Monk as responsible for the calls made last month.

OpenAI to watermark AI images in metadata. But is it enough?

Vish Gain — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:33:40 +0000

While the Microsoft-backed start-up hopes the latest move will establish AI ‘provenance’, the metadata associated with an image is incredibly easy to remove.

Ancient scrolls destroyed by volcano can now be read thanks to AI

Vish Gain — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:35:56 +0000

A team of three student researchers have won the Vesuvius Challenge after unveiling a body of work previously unknown to the world.

UK commits more than £100m for AI research and regulation

Vish Gain — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:50:42 +0000

The investment comes as EU countries officially came to an agreement on some details of the AI Act last week.

EU finally agrees on technical aspects of the AI Act

Blathnaid O’Dea — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:34:08 +0000

Following concerns raised by countries over the legislation's effects on innovation, the EU has tentatively agreed on what goes into the AI Act.

Ireland wants volunteers for its connected transport project

Leigh Mc Gowran — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:42:32 +0000

The new project aims to test cooperative intelligent transport systems by providing real-time safety alerts to drivers

ImageFX: Google’s latest image creator is here to take on Dall-E

Vish Gain — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:13:27 +0000

One way in which Google says its latest image generator is unique is that it allows users to experiment with ‘adjacent dimensions’ of images created by the AI tool.

Can AI have your attention please?

silicon — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:44:20 +0000

AI researcher Dr Polat Goktas says 2024 is a ‘crucial moment’ to leverage AI innovation to enhance human potential, productivity and creativity.

Shopify unveils AI editor to enhance product images

Vish Gain — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:30:17 +0000

The idea behind the new media editor tool unveiled yesterday is to help small sellers compete with bigger, more resourceful ones using artificial intelligence.

GPT-4 ‘mildy useful’ in creating bioweapons, says ChatGPT

Vish Gain — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 08:57:01 +0000

The Microsoft-backed start-up is developing a ‘blueprint’ for evaluating the risk that an LLM could aid someone in creating a biological threat.

Musk says Neuralink implanted its first device in a human

Leigh Mc Gowran — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:25:14 +0000

Musk said the company's first device is called Telepathy and that it aims to let users control their phone or computer by simply thinking.

OpenAI faces renewed data privacy pressure in Italy

Leigh Mc Gowran — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:01:58 +0000

The decision could cause a wave of issues for OpenAI in the EU, as the company's flagship product ChatGPT is also being investigated by a European task force.

FTC launches probe into Big Tech’s AI investments

Leigh Mc Gowran — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:05:57 +0000

The investigation is focused on Microsoft, Google and Amazon's multibillion-dollar investments into OpenAI and Anthropic to assess their potential impact on competition.

The future of EVs is ‘usership not ownership’

Leigh Mc Gowran — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:04:26 +0000

DCEV CEO and co-founder Adrian Slattery discusses the benefits of letting people 'try before you buy' EVs, insights on how the sector will evolve and tips for starting a new business.