AI Agents

Google’s latest Economic Impact Report for the UK, published in June 2026, makes a clear case: AI-powered tools are already boosting productivity for businesses that use them. The report argues that the UK — and by extension, Ireland — needs to become a nation of AI trailblazers, not just AI users. For Irish small business … Read more

Imagine calling your bank, explaining your problem in detail, only to be transferred and have to explain it all over again from scratch. Frustrating, isn’t it? That’s exactly how most AI systems work today — they start each conversation with a blank slate, remembering nothing about you or your business. But that is changing fast. … Read more

Every week there is a new announcement about an “AI agent” that can do your job for you. But a new survey of 101 enterprise organisations from VentureBeat reveals a surprising truth: most of what companies call AI agents are actually just simple chatbots. The survey asked enterprises to assess their own portfolios honestly. The … Read more

If your business uses AI tools, ask yourself this: where is your data going, who controls the model, and could you switch providers without losing everything you have built? These questions are at the heart of what experts call “AI sovereignty” — and for Irish businesses operating under GDPR and European data rules, the answers … Read more

Here is an uncomfortable truth a new paper just dropped: the fancy benchmarks AI companies use to prove their agents are getting better might not prove much at all. Researchers from the University of Washington and Allen Institute for AI (arXiv:2607.12227) ran a careful study on what is called “automatic harness evolution” — the practice … Read more