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Musk makes $100bn offer for OpenAI
Word’s richest man Elon Musk has stepped up his trolling game by making an offer to buy ChatGPT maker OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The bid was first reported by the Wall Street Journal and later confirmed...
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Third of young people showing signs of social media addiction
One-third of 16-30 year-olds are exhibiting patterns of social media addiction, according to a study from the European Commission to be discussed during Safer Internet Day. Respondents admitted to...
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BT steps away from Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition sponsorship
BT is ending its sponsorship of the annual Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (YSTE). The move follows an anouncement by the telco that it was selling its wholesale and enterprise business unit...
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Research commercialisation hubs receive €64m from government and EU
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless today announced a multi-annual ‘Accelerating Research to Commercialisation’ (ARC) Hub investment programme to...
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Efficiency of AI tool Deepseek sparks debate
The efficiency of DeepSeek as an AI tool has generated debate within the industry. Although the Chinese start-up claims that its large language model DeepSeek-V3 was trained using only 2.8 million GPU...
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Google causes outrage by removing cultural events from Calendar
Google has removed several cultural observances from Google Calendar, including Pride Day, Women’s History Month, Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish Heritage Month and Indigenous...
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More than 60 countries sign AI declaration at Paris summit
Sixty-one countries, including France, China, India, Japan, Australia and Canada, came together at the AI Action Summit in Paris this week to sign a joint declaration emphasising inclusive and...
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NATO deploys AI to protect vital undersea cables
A new software tool developed by NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) in Italy is designed to protect vital submarine cables and pipelines from possible sabotage. This...
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X pays $10m to settle lawsuit by Trump
Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, is paying $10 million (€9.5 million) to settle a lawsuit, brought against it by US President Donald Trump. Trump then sued Twitter, and former CEO...
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Elon Musk’s bid to acquire OpenAI rejected
Elon Musk’s proposal to acquire OpenAI has been officially rejected. In a letter to Musk’s legal representative, William Savitt, attorney for OpenAI, stated that the board had carefully considered the...
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EnergyCloud, Electric Ireland pilot scheme uses surplus renewable energy to...
Electric Ireland has begun a nationwide collaboration with social enterprise EnergyCloud Ireland using surplus renewable electricity to help alleviate energy poverty. EnergyCloud is developing...
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Meta takes step toward humanoid robots
Meta Platforms is venturing into the field of AI-driven humanoid robots after making great strides in augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI). The company plans to invest heavily in...
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Rotunda Hospital digital platform to transform patient experience
The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, Ireland’s oldest maternity hospital, has announced a collaboration with pioneering digital health company, Isla Health. The collaboration is set to transform patient...
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Former Google CEO Schmidt: “AI in wrong hands more catastrophic than 9/11...
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, highlighted the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) if it falls into the hands of malicious actors. In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today he expressed...
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Tim Cook hints at new iPhone on X
The rumour mill is at full speed again. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, has hinted at a new model to be presented Wednesday 19 February. For weeks there has been speculation about when Apple was going to...
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DeepSeek faces global restrictions due to privacy concerns
After its global debut and rapid surge in popularity, China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot has faced critical scrutiny and restrictions from several countries. South Korea, for example, has banned new downloads...
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CoDiet research project takes snapshot of eating habits
Many diseases can be linked back to a person’s diet. But can modifying your diet in a way that’s completely personal to you really make a difference? That’s what CoDiet, a research project involving 17...
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Elon Musk unveils new chatbot Grok 3
Elon Musk announced Grok 3, the latest iteration of xAI’s chatbot, highlighting its significantly enhanced capabilities over its predecessor. This unveiling coincides with ongoing tensions between Musk...
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Meta’s Project Waterworth: connecting five continents with advanced undersea...
Meta is undertaking a groundbreaking undersea cable project called Project Waterworth, designed to connect five continents over a distance of more than 50,000 kilometers. This ambitious initiative will...
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Gmail users targeted by AI-driven phishing scam
A major cyber security threat targeting Gmail users worldwide has been identified. This scam uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create highly convincing deepfake robocalls and e-mails designed to...
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