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# AI

Last month
June 2024
Electoral Commission unable to act over unflagged use of AI by far-right party in election posts
May
May 2024
Debunked: Image of burning house in rural Ireland is AI-generated and not a real arson attack
'It's not the be-all and end-all': Amid real horror in Gaza, why has an AI graphic gone viral?
Why did Google tell people to eat rocks and glue cheese to pizza?
Google’s ‘AI Overview’ rollout has had some high-profile glitches.
Irish Google rep says bizarre AI results are 'not typical' of most answers
Facebook will soon use your photos, posts and other info to train its AI. You can opt out (but it's complicated)
Illustrator: Keep AI out of your programmes, GAA — you're supposed to be the good guys
Barry Masterson
This is NOT a photo of Paschal Donohoe skydiving
Poll: Have you used ChatGPT?
This year
2024
Electoral commission warns candidates and platforms against pushing misinformation using AI
Creating sexually explicit 'deepfakes' without consent to become a criminal offence in the UK
Meta to tell politicians that app stores should be responsible for age verification
ASTI votes to resist Leaving Cert reform amid 'widespread concern' over impact of AI
EU parliament approves 'historic' and wide-ranging new rules on AI
Elon Musk sues OpenAI for 'betraying' company's founding mission for profit
Debunked: Audio of Gordon Ramsay praising Irish protestors is fabricated, likely by AI
AI algorithms pushing content 'romanticising' suicide to children, Oireachtas Committee hears
Debunked: Image of mountainous hay bales before Eiffel Tower is not a real photograph
Meta to begin labelling AI-generated images posted on its social media platforms
Scammers trick firm out of $26 million by impersonating senior executives using deepfakes
Why X has moved to block searches for Taylor Swift after an AI-related controversy
US state investigates artificial voice message impersonating Joe Biden ahead of election
17-year-old Limerick student wins top prize at BT Young Scientists 2024
AI-driven misinformation biggest global risk ahead of major elections, according to WEF report
Microsoft adds dedicated AI assistant button to Windows PC keyboards
Last year
2023
New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its articles to train AI chatbot
Poll: Are you worried about AI?
Debunked: Picture of Irish homeless woman and children is an AI-generated image
Europe reaches deal on world’s first comprehensive AI rules
Actors formally end strike and usher in protections from use of AI
Fianna Fáil senators warn ‘deepfakes' have 'turbocharged' disinformation threat to elections
Former OpenAI boss Sam Altman to join Microsoft following shock sacking
YouTube to regulate 'synthetic' content amid fears that AI is spreading misinformation and scams
The Beatles release their last song, Now And Then
AI 'one of the biggest threats' to humanity, warns Elon Musk
AI named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary
Insufficient evidence to rule out threat to humanity from AI, UK government paper says
Tom Hanks warns of ad with AI imposter promoting dental plan
Fake Porn, Real Victims: We must stop the easy use of AI to create nude images of women & girls
Dr Fiona Vera-Gray & Professor Clare McGlynn
Hozier 'absolutely' prepared for Hollywood-style strike over AI threat to the music industry