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Eilish O’Connor discusses her new role at Viatel and how Ireland’s strong technology ecosystem is well suited to advancements in AI. Read more: What does the future hold for Viatel’s new director of strategy and AI?
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The report also indicated that among the 20 countries surveyed, Ireland was shown to be most in anticipation of a ‘heightened pace of change’. Read more: Irish business leaders doubling down on AI, finds Accenture
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Nvidia has also made a ‘significant’ investment in Thinking Machines to support its long-term growth. Read more: Nvidia and Thinking Machines Lab draw multi-year chip deal
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‘For many years, Europe has relied on American software and therefore created a certain risk of dependency’, said Office.eu CEO. Read more: Office.eu and the hope for a digitally sovereign Europe
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The latest funding round gives the start-up a valuation of $3.5bn, despite having only been established less than three months ago. Read more: Yann LeCun’s AI start-up AMI raises $1.3bn in seed funding
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Intercom plans to hire 650 people across its global offices within the year. Read more: Intercom bags $250m debt financing, plans to hire 650 globally
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The hunt is on for a new permanent CEO at X alternative Bluesky, as Jay Graber steps aside and True Ventures’ Tony Schneider takes on interim role, Read more: Jay Graber steps aside as Bluesky CEO, Tony Schneider named interim CEO
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The organisation is aiming to tap into the growing demand for autonomous agents. Read more: Microsoft adding Anthropic’s AI technology to its Copilot service
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Zama’s Jeremy Bradley discusses why the AI surge is forcing businesses to take privacy more seriously and how new technologies are responding. Read more: How fully homomorphic encryption is reshaping secure AI
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Kirk Chang and Susan Akinwalere of the University of East London discuss the importance of career ‘future proofing’. Read more: Artificial Intelligence: Is it time to retrain in the age of AI?