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Platform puts brands and retailers in touch with manufacturing partners

Almost a third admit to not having made climate-friendly investments in past year, major report shows

A big player in pharma/healthcare, biotech or the tech world would be good fit in replacing BT

US Vice-President JD Vance criticises threat of ‘excessive regulation’ of artificial intelligence at Paris summit

Employers less likely to encourage use of new technology, Deloitte survey finds

Paris meeting hears call for caution around development of AI software by handful of big tech companies

The hardest part of investing isn’t picking winners; it’s having the stomach to hold them

Conor Pope composes an A-Z of all things romantic, overpriced and good value on February 14th

Taoiseach Micheál Martin among world leaders travelling to Paris for AI summit

Most of the Irish debate concerns potential for cheating in the assessment components of new senior cycle. Why are widespread calls for a delay being ignored?

Radio: Newstalk host Seán Moncrieff is at his best when discussing niche subjects that allow stimulating digressions

South Dublin company helps businesses use their raw data

The release of DeepSeek’s new model has shaken assumptions about who has the upper hand in developing the technology

Integrated AI features still firmly in the ‘nice to have’ rather than ‘essential feature’ territory

AI is unlikely to directly replace you, but someone who can use the technology might

VW Ireland boss says ‘more conversation is needed’ around the gathering of data both technical and personal following German data breach

Dublin and Belfast company plans to increase workforce by a fifth amid demand for services

Mandatory training for teachers under EU law may be a challenge due to limited budgets and time constraints

Company chief Will Carmody targets similar rate of growth for 2025 in bid to compete with big firms in Irish market

It’s too early to say if China’s AI start-up will actually undermine the US chip maker’s incredibly profitable business

Emergence of DeepSeek has upended rivals’ plans

Planet Business: French AI chatbot Lucie, Boeing’s new 737 targets and Roman Abramovich’s yacht scheme

DeepSeek may have been trained on OpenAI’s own software, it is claimed, but it sounds like fair use to me

Massive spending ‘key’ to staying competitive, tech companies say

Ubotica, Skytek and Lios are getting exciting projects off the ground

Separately, catering and facilities management group Mount Charles plans to create 2,000 jobs

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Personal opinion disclaimers on employee’s own social-media accounts ‘have zero value’

There is poetic justice in a small Chinese AI start-up challenging US giants. Washington is shooting itself in the foot with chip export restrictions and clampdown on tech talent visas

Nvidia shares steady following plunge sparked by Chinese AI start-up’s advances

Ciara O’Brien road tests the new Chinese AI technology that wiped billions off the value of Big Tech companies on Monday

Chinese start-up upends global AI race

Chinese startup sparks a stock selloff and its free AI assistant overtakes OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Apple’s App Store

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Groundhog Day? Welcome to the groundhog decade

The Nordic country is helping students learn about spotting false information. Is there space in the Irish curriculum to do the same?

Concern about slow sales in China and roll-out of company’s AI system

Stability was obviously absent in our parliamentary business last Wednesday. But the recognition of the value of stability was present in our election results and in the formation of a new Government

ChatGPT-maker in complex talks over splitting from its non-profit arm in move opposed by Elon Musk

First residents of the car maker’s Woven City, near Tokyo, will move in this year. The company views it as an experiment and a start-up hothouse