What Happens After AI Events in Dublin?
One of the most valuable ways for me to understand Dublin and Ireland’s AI ecosystem is by attending events, meetups
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August 21, 2026
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Are Irish Businesses Creating Measurable Value from AI?
Oifig IS na hÉireann, the AI Office of Ireland, recently became operational. The independent statutory body coordinates Ireland’s implementation of
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August 20, 2026
Do We Calculate Exit Costs When Choosing an AI Provider?
When a company chooses an AI provider, it considers price, performance, security, integration and compliance. But I think one more
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August 19, 2026
Is ChatGPT Ads Coming to Europe? A New Visibility Question for Irish Businesses
Over the past few days, I have been thinking about AI, business visibility and changing digital habits. Then ChatGPT Ads
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August 19, 2026
Are Dublin Businesses Ready for the AI Recommendation Economy?
In August 2026, I decided to go to Dalkey for a nice dinner. But where? In the past, I would
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August 18, 2026
Workplace AI Training: Are We Learning a Tool or How to Work with AI?
Workplace AI training is becoming increasingly common. Some companies provide it through their own teams, while others bring in external
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August 18, 2026
AI Vendor Lock-In: What Happens When Companies Change AI Tools?
Over the weekend, I was talking with a friend when a simple question came up that stayed with me. The
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August 17, 2026
Who Owns the Time We Save with AI?
We talk almost every day about how artificial intelligence is changing the way we work. Reports are prepared. Research is
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August 14, 2026
AI and the Solar Eclipse: Our Relationship with the Unknown
Last Wednesday, many people across Ireland did the same thing: they looked up at the sky. I was one of
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August 14, 2026
The Real Test for AI Startups in Ireland: Not Starting, but Scaling
There may never have been a more exciting time to build an AI startup in Ireland. New artificial intelligence models
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August 11, 2026
Why Isn’t AI Delivering the Productivity We Expected?
New AI startups are emerging in Dublin. Technology companies are expanding their investments, more capable models are being released, and
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August 5, 2026
Is AI Consuming Books?
When e-books first entered our lives, people said, “Printed books will disappear.” But few could have imagined that, years later,
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August 5, 2026
Is AI Becoming the Default Experience Across Digital Platforms?
Is AI Becoming the Default Experience Across Digital Platforms? One of the AI companies I follow is Glitch. I often
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July 27, 2026
Where Will Value Move as AI Becomes Widespread?
Now that Ireland’s AI ecosystem is deep into 2026, one question feels more relevant than ever: What are people actually talking
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July 21, 2026
Prompt Engineering to Loop Engineering… What’s Next?
The AI world moves fast, and with that speed comes a constant stream of new terms, roles and “future professions.”
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July 16, 2026
Is Artificial Intelligence Starting to Look More Like Electricity Than the Internet?
I should probably start with a small confession. Whenever I’m eating something, or simply want to switch off for a
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July 14, 2026
Process Market Fit and the New Challenge of Building in the AI Era
Some of the most valuable conversations in the AI ecosystem do not happen on stage. They happen during coffee breaks,
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July 3, 2026
From Fear to Understanding: AI, Pride and the Value of Learning
If you look back at human history, a clear pattern often appears. Many of the biggest transformations were first met
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June 28, 2026
When AI Starts Building AI: Anthropic, Oversight and the Real Question Ahead
A recent discussion around Anthropic raised a question that is becoming harder to ignore in the AI era. If AI systems become
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June 15, 2026
Will Enterprises Still Need Dashboards in the Age of Agentic AI?
While researching how Dublin-based Oraion is turning data into proactive insights, I found myself thinking about a bigger question: will
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June 9, 2026
From Human Hours to Tokens: The New Unit of the AI Economy
For most of modern economic history, work has been measured in human time. How many hours will this take?How many
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June 3, 2026
What Language Does Literature Speak? Trinity Conversations and AI’s Nobel Question
At a recent Trinity College Literary Talks session in Dublin, moderated by academic and writer Gülfem Pamuk, the discussion began with a literary
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May 23, 2026
When AI Stops Being a Tool and Starts Becoming a Risk Conversation
I know we’re all busy.Working, trying to earn, trying to build a future.In many ways, it’s the same cycle humanity
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May 14, 2026
AI Unlearning: How AI Learns to Forget and Why It Matters
Have you ever shared something with an AI model that you wouldn’t tell anyone else? I have. Sometimes personal thoughts.
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April 27, 2026
Why Are AI Companies Hiring Philosophers?
I can say that I really enjoy spending Sundays reading and watching different things that completely scatter my mind in
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April 26, 2026
AI Filmmaking in Dublin: From the Oscar Stage to Dogpatch Labs
Back in March, ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, I asked a question on AI Dubliners: “Could a film made
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April 26, 2026
Could an AI-Made Film Win an Oscar?
At first glance, this might seem slightly outside the usual AI Dubliners lens. But it is actually a very relevant
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April 23, 2026
What Happens When Trust Breaks in an AI Workflow?
Building AI Dubliners has been more than a content project. It has also been a hands-on lesson in what it
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April 23, 2026
When Working with AI, the Real Problem Is Not Memory. It Is Focus.
Sometimes the simplest reset works best. When things start to feel stuck, stepping away can help bring everything back into
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April 23, 2026
Duolingo Shows Why Not Every AI Company Fits the Same Category
What actually makes a company an “AI company”? That question keeps coming up at AI Dubliners, and Duolingo is one
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April 23, 2026
What Actually Makes a Company an AI Company?
While reviewing companies for AI Dubliners, one question kept coming back: What actually makes a company an “AI company”? AI
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April 23, 2026
When AI Becomes an Actor: Power, Control and the New Intelligence Question
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, Yuval Noah Harari pushed one of the most important ideas in today’s
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April 16, 2026
Why AI-Powered Content Moderation Has Become a Business Risk Issue
Artificial intelligence is often discussed through models, benchmarks and technical progress. But one of its most urgent real-world applications is
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April 16, 2026
Beyond the Model: Where AI Creates Real-World Value in Dublin
Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of models, benchmarks and technical progress. But the real transformation happens when those
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April 16, 2026
Ireland’s Quiet Place in the Story of AI
Some places do not just adopt technological change. They help create the conditions for it. Ireland’s connection to the story
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April 16, 2026