Private equity is pumping huge sums of money into the creation of autonomous killing machines which have no human intervention whatsoever. The practice is raising ethical questions but as long as the profits are there it will continue.
The acceptance of artificial intelligence in the workplace is growing. But many users believe that as the technology becomes more wisely used, serious issues of control and regulation will arise.
Jerry Kennelly co-founded the Junior Entrepreneur Programme in the dark days of 2010 to promote entrepreneurship. A decade and a half on, the lessons taught on the programme are more relevant and prescient than ever before.
Two months ago, after that National League victory, I was enthralled with Mickey Harte’s work at Derry. Since then, the Derry project has imploded, an unravelling of monumental proportions. Just what happened?
As the Government continues to agonise on a replacement for the Licence Fee, a Sligo station’s coverage of count centres shows that local radio is public service broadcasting, too.
One thing I’m very comfortable suggesting to company founders is that in a post-zero interest rate policy world, their exit, if any, is much more likely to be driven by Ebitda than anything else.
If there’s one thing we have learned in recent months, it is that big tech companies have different ideas about how the rules should be implemented and enforced. That is what makes the Reddit and Tumblr cases so interesting.
Targeted investment in infrastructure can demonstrably deliver social inclusion and bridge the remaining gaps in an otherwise healthy economy. Can the Government listen to this advice in an election year?
French bond rate spreads could blow out if Emmanuel Macron’s high-risk election gamble doesn’t work out. This time, the euro is safe, however.
The Green leader’s resignation lets his party present a new face after participation in government did not result in the usual electoral wipe-out.
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