Categories
News

AI Literacy Is the New Financial Literacy for Irish Boards

AI literacy now sits beside financial literacy as a core director competency. Three forces in 2026 – budget exposure, EU regulation and a widening talent gap – have moved AI off the IT roster and onto the board agenda. Irish directors who cannot read an AI invoice, name their top three AI risks or assess […]

Categories
News

EU AI Act Update: What Businesses Need to Know in 2026

The European Union AI Act is no longer something organisations can treat as a future compliance problem. In 2026, the regulation is actively reshaping how businesses develop, deploy, procure and govern artificial intelligence across Europe and beyond. While many organisations focused on the initial headlines around banned AI systems and generative AI regulation, the real […]

Categories
Research

E235 ‘AI in Irish Business: Insights from Trinity College & Microsoft Report’ with TCD’s Ashish Kumar Jha

Welcome to episode 235 of the AI Ireland podcast, the show that explores the applications and research of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence on the island of Ireland. Our mission is to increase the use of AI for the benefit of our society, our competitiveness and everyone living in Ireland. Today’s guest is […]

Categories
News

The AI Context Blueprint: How Leaders Stop Paying the Repetition Tax

Every time a leader opens a new AI tool, they re-explain who they are, what they do and how they like to work. This hidden cost is the Context Repetition Tax. The fix is a simple set of files we call The AI Context Blueprint. Write it once; reuse it everywhere. Boards and executive teams […]

Categories
News

AI Agents for Business Leaders: What the OpenAI, Microsoft and Salesforce Updates Mean for Your Boardroom

AI agents for business leaders are no longer a future conversation. Last week, OpenAI, Microsoft and Salesforce all released updates that push AI agents deeper into the tools your teams already use. The three platforms are converging on the same idea: move beyond chatbots that answer questions and deliver agents that complete multi-step work.  For […]

Categories
News

E234 ‘Generative AI, AI Strategy and Work-Life Balance’ with Darren Redmond

Welcome to episode 234 of the AI Ireland podcast, the show that explores the applications and research of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence on the island of Ireland. Our mission is to increase the use of AI for the benefit of our society, our competitiveness and everyone living in Ireland. Today’s guest is […]