Tech

Dr Anitia Lubbe from the North-West University in South Africa, explores how universities can better integrate AI tools into their learning plans. Read more: How can universities take AI from ‘threat to an opportunity’?

Founders, investors and advisers gathered at Dublin’s Digital Hub for the first of a new series of events designed to answer two of the big asks on this year’s Founders’ Listening Tour with Enterprise Ireland – networking and access. Read more: Founders’ Exchange series kicks off in Dublin to support start-ups

‘Thousands of Irish organisations are likely under attack right now, many without knowing it,’ warns Centripetal. Read more: Centripetal: 349,000 Irish networks vulnerable to cyberattacks

A new kind of shopping journey A new kind of shopping experience is beginning to take shape. Retail giant Walmart first introduced generative AI–powered search in early 2024 and has continued to expand its capabilities across platforms. Most recently, the company has rolled out conversational agents like “Sparky” that interpret life-scenario prompts such as…

Arto Minasyan discusses how artificial intelligence has the potential to deconstruct language barriers and promote inclusivity. Read more: Can AI break down ‘accent bias’ in the workplace?

The start-up plans to grow its team to 16, with a majority of the roles based in Ireland. Read more: Accessibility start-up DevA11y bags €2m to expand team, scale US presence

The incident relates to the breach of a third-party service used to support Discord’s customers. Read more: 70,000 users may have had IDs leaked in Discord breach

Having raised one of Ireland’s largest pre-seed rounds late last year, Jentic has become the first Irish company to be selected for AWS’ GenAI accelerator. Read more: Jentic becomes first Irish start-up to join AWS GenAI accelerator

The EU aims to double Horizon’s Europe’s annual investments into AI to more than €3bn. Read more: EU’s new AI strategies target industry adoption and research