Full coverage: AI

The history of technology predicts that artificial intelligence will have both positive and negative effects on the labour market and wider society. The potential opportunities and rewards are huge, but so are the risks.

Thanks to massive government spending and money-creation, a horrific recession has been put on hold. But government spending can't solve our serious underlying problems.

Aidan Connolly is chief executive of the Dublin agtech company Cainthus and president of AgriTech Capital. He talks to Ian Kehoe about why the food industry's fast adoption of artificial intelligence will help it through the Covid-19 crisis.

Despite having a billion-dollar court case and extradition hearings hanging over his head, Irish entrepreneur Mike Lynch continues to nurture the next generation of tech companies. In an exclusive interview, he discusses opportunities, AI, and the impact of his HP battle.

Irish businessman Barry Conlon believes his Texas-based company Overhaul could revolutionise supply chain management. Investors agree and have just cut a cheque for $17.5m. He now plans to scale the business across Europe from its new European headquarters in Dundalk.