AI Ireland
Last week, Anthropic launched Claude for Small Business. It is a single toggle that puts Claude directly inside the everyday tools that small businesses already use. It ships with 15 ready-to-run workflows and 15 skills built for the jobs that pile up after hours: payroll, the monthly close, invoice chasing, campaigns and contracts. For Irish […]
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 […]
Boards are now signing off on AI agents that touch customers, code, contracts and cash, but few of those agents have a proper harness around them. Harness engineering is the discipline that decides whether your AI investment becomes a competitive moat or a board-level liability. Treat it as a governance issue, not a developer issue. […]
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 […]
Cybersecurity is no longer a technical problem you can delegate to IT. AI has fundamentally changed the threat landscape, accelerating attacks in speed, scale and sophistication. Boards and C-suite leaders who still treat cybersecurity as a cost centre are exposing their organisations to financial, regulatory and reputational risk that grows by the month. This is […]
AI is no longer an IT project; it is a board-level strategic priority. However, in many organisations, the boardroom AI conversation remains shallow, reactive, or missing entirely. According to BCG’s 2026 AI Radar survey, half of CEOs believe their job stability depends on getting AI right this year. The Conference Board’s 2026 C-Suite Outlook confirms […]