Niall Kitson

The US is blocking Anthropic Fable and Mythos 5 for foreigners is fundamentally wrong, mediaeval practices, according to former chief AI scientist at Meta Yann LeCun.

Almost three-quarters (74%) of adults are in favour of a social media ban for under-16s according to Pure Telecom’s Connected Lives 2026 survey and comes as the UK this week announced plans to ban social media for under-16s. The survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Censuswide explored Internet usage and trends in Ireland. The survey [&hellip

In a week where the latest Mythos AI model managed a full company network takeover, we hear why AI leaders went to the G7 begging for regulation.

When is the right time to do something, make a change, embark on a course of action? It’s something we have all agonised over at some point in our lives. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we don’t. There are times when doing something isn’t the problem, the issue is the timing of when we [&hellip

Security experts at the UK company Mindgard have discovered that the current version of ChatGPT can be manipulated into producing violent and sexually explicit images. Using a widely used prompt, the researchers successfully bypassed the system’s restrictions. That prompt was originally intended for humour, with only a slight adjustment. OpenAI stated that it has since [&hellip

Apple is reportedly working on integrating miniature cameras into its AirPods, with a potential launch planned for the end of 2027. These built-in sensors are not intended as traditional photography tools, but as visual input for Siri. By using Apple's Visual Intelligence technology, the AI assistant will be able to interpret the user's environment and offer real-time assistance, such as suggesting meals based on the ingredients the user is looking at. The news comes from well-known Apple insider Mark Gurman of Bloomberg.

News broke this week that Tesco, Britain’s Brobdingnagian supermarket chain, is to undertake a likely painful migration of its virtualisation platform, leaving VMware for an unspecified alternative. Maybe Broadcom, which swallowed VMware whole in 2023, jacking up licensing costs by what customers could be forgiven for calling near-infinite levels was not such a smart idea [&hellip

Teachers are adopting digital tools and artificial intelligence in the classroom, but many are doing so without the training, support, or safeguards needed to use them effectively according to a survey by managed service provider Cusken Sync IT. The research, based on a sample of 109 primary and secondary school teachers across Ireland, revealed that [&hellip

Cyber-attacks are costing Irish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) up to €3.4 billion annually, but the greatest impact is not from major one-off breaches. Instead, repeated day-to-day cyber disruption is driving many losses, according to new research from eir business. The report, The Hidden Cost of Cyber Risk, which was supported by Microsoft and Dr [&hellip

Equinix has trialled its first-ever deployment of a hydrogen power unit for data centre critical back-up systems in Ireland. The trial installation is in collaboration with ESB and GeoPura. It marks a significant step in the exploration of hydrogen as a back-up power resource for large energy users (LEUs), which could potentially replace diesel and [&hellip