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The Cost of Intelligence: How AI Is Shifting Your OpEx

AI has moved from experiment to operating expense. For boards and C-Suite leaders, the question is no longer whether to fund AI, it is how to classify, control, and extract value from a cost line that is growing faster than any other item on the P&L. The organisations that manage this shift well will build a durable […]

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How AI is Retooling Irish Manufacturing From the Boardroom Down

AI is no longer a future consideration for manufacturing boards, it is an operational imperative. Irish manufacturers who fail to embed AI into production, quality and supply chain decision-making risk losing the competitive advantages that made Ireland a global manufacturing hub in the first place. The retooling has already begun, and it starts with leadership. […]

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From Efficiency to Transformation: Why AI Business Model Innovation Is Now a Board-Level Priority

Most organisations are using AI to do the same things faster. A small number are using it to build entirely new business models, such as new revenue streams, new ways of delivering value and new competitive moats. The gap between these two groups is widening fast. AI Ireland’s own 2026 survey of 130 Irish AI […]

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The ROI of Trust: Why Trust Is the Real AI Competitive Differentiator in 2026

Every company now has access to the same large language models, the same cloud platforms and the same AI vendor ecosystem. When the technology itself becomes a commodity, what separates the winners from the rest? The answer is trust.  For boards and senior leadership teams, trust in AI – how it is governed, how it […]

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Ethics in the Annual Report: What Stakeholders Really Want to See on AI

Bottom line: Your stakeholders now expect to see how you govern AI in your annual report. In 2025, 72% of S&P 500 companies disclosed at least one material AI risk in their filings – up from just 12% in 2023.  The EU AI Act is due to enter full enforcement in August 2026, with fines reaching […]

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E230 ‘Building the Future of AI Sales Tools’ with Overpath’s Dermot O’Connor and Ross Keating

Welcome to episode 230 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 guests are […]