AI: Artificial intelligence

Who are BMC: the low profile Meath business that landed a €900m pay day?

Founder Brendan Meehan the dominant shareholder in engineering company transformed by demand for data

Women continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisions

Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated

Google unveils AI-enhanced Pixel 11 phones and new wearables

Company looks to win over consumers to its devices by touting the benefits of the advanced technology

OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves start-up less than a year after joining

Chloé Bakalar’s departure is one of several high-profile exits at the group in recent weeks as safety concerns mount

China’s clean-energy gamble is paying off

As disruption in Strait of Hormuz rattles energy markets, Beijing’s long push towards electrification is cushioning the impact and reshaping global power

Of course Hollywood is dying. It’s been dying for nearly 80 years

AI is cited as the latest threat to Hollywood’s survival, yet box office revenues are at record levels

The Irish Times view on AI regulation: Ireland is spreading the burden widely

Ireland has adopted a distributed regulatory model with 15 national competent authorities

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Galway exit packages, and SMEs and AI

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion

Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots

Children’s cute job hopes look unattainable, but they are still worth encouraging

In a world of AI and uncertainty over future careers, we should still encourage our children to aim for the stars

Ireland needs to widen scope of the R&D tax credit to attract more investment

Government should ease restrictions on accessing the incentive

Fewer than one in five small firms have built AI into their business models, survey finds

The Small Firms Association said a ‘significant gap’ remains between basic usage and strategic adoption

Ireland should invest in drones, not fighter jets and ships, says ex-British security official

Many European states face huge legacy issues because they have invested in military equipment now increasingly threatened by cheap, deadly drones

If Elon Musk is right and AI makes jobs extinct, what will we do with our free time?

Humans have three things the multibillionaire’s machines will never have

Evie Gaughan: AI companies are missing the entire point of writing or reading a book

There is a visceral sense of betrayal when it becomes clear we are being convinced to accept slop and be okay with it

Snap happy: Irish photographers on the story behind their favourite photographs

From supermodels to scenes of everyday life – powerful images chosen by those who captured them

A stranger knocked on my door because she heard I had a baby... she thought we could be friends

In a world where isolation and loneliness are on the rise, I’m lucky to have ‘mom friends’

I have yet to be convinced that the current zeal for AI is anything more than a bubble

I have yet to be convinced that the current zeal for AI is anything more than a bubble

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From push notes to balconies and diamond rings

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

How doughnuts helped an Irish founder break into the US healthcare system

Aaron Cullen’s start-up Mendelia uses AI to automate one of the most time-consuming administrative tasks facing US healthcare providers

The climate crisis needs conductors, not just virtuosos

The answers to big global challenges can’t be found within single disciplines

AI apes fiction as OpenAI and Anthropic models go rogue

Scary bit is that AI designers failed to account for capability of their creations

The Irish Times view on the Hiroshima anniversary: A worldwide call to action

Eighty-one years on, the scientists behind the ‘Doomsday Clock’ say humanity has never been so close to self-extinction

Government appoints chairwoman and board of new AI body

State’s AI Office will co-ordinate approach to implementation of new EU regulations

‘There is a big difference between just living in Sydney and building a life here’

‘Many of the cliches about Sydney are accurate. But there is a big difference between just living here and building a life here’

Lawyers could face sanctions including costs if AI leads to fake citations in court cases

High Court president issues practice direction to warn professionals and litigants on artificial intelligence

Re-Turn scheme salaries, back-to-school costs and rules for lawyers using generative AI

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Big reduction in costs could see explosion of robot car services

As costs fall, partly thanks to AI, autonomous driving services including robotaxis are set to increase dramatically

Sardine Girl Summer: Now AI is deciding what we wear. Is that so bad?

Taste has never been entirely our own, but it used to be possible to spot the people we borrowed it from

Irish Government hides behind ‘fiscal rules’ in holding back AI skills investment

Prize for swift delivery of training is substantial in terms of FDI competitiveness but cost of inaction is frightening

South Korea’s AI stock crash teaches retail investors an old market lesson

With nearly 110 million active stock accounts, or around two for every citizen, the impact of 40% slide has been brutal

Pope Leo is right. There is no such thing as a ‘just war’

Rite & Reason: As John F Kennedy put it: ‘Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind’

Everyone agrees Irish house prices are overvalued. We’re in risky territory

The more prices get out of line, the higher the risk if there is an economic shock from AI, the tech sector, the Middle East situation or something else

Apple’s $5tn moment shows investors are questioning the AI race

The irony is that investors seeking shelter from expensive AI bets have turned to another expensive stock

Promote Irish in schools, but remember we are part of Europe

In continental Europe, the average age at which children start learning a foreign language is between six and eight years old

AI will bring bankruptcies, bank failures and chaos in international financial sector

We are facing an era of mass deflation. If prices fall across the board, how will we repay all the debt we have accumulated?

Anthropic’s Claude AI models hack into 3 outside groups during testing

Announcement a week after similar OpenAI incident adds to growing concerns about safety of AI systems

Companies rethinking approach of pushing staff to just use AI more

Incentives to use new tools are changing as costs start to hit home

OpenAI’s Irish boss meets church leader on future of AI

Meeting follows Pope Leo’s decision to focus on AI and its impact on humanity in first encyclical

European shares rise as earnings offset Middle East worries

Indices advance despite escalating ​tensions in the region and uncertainty over US interest rates

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