RTÉ – Technology

Just over one in four girls surveyed in single-sex schools currently have access to Computer Science at Leaving Certificate level, according to new research.

Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline as organisations worldwide work to fend off would-be hackers, but what is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?

Meta beat investor expectations for third-quarter revenue last night as it doubles down on a global AI race but the social media giant's profits took a hit due to an $18 billion legal settlement with nearly all US states.

Tesla has cut its annual capital expenditure forecast by a fifth and posted surprise positive free cash flow in the third quarter, after investing far less in its AI and robotics ambitions than Wall Street had expected.

OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them misbehaving.

Anthropic's net loss widened sharply to $80.7 billion in the first half of this year, mainly due to a rise in the fair value of bonds convertible into shares of the AI startup.

Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.

More than a third of employers have yet to model the impact of AI on their workforce, according to new research from business group Ibec.

Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to anchor a flagship data centre for Nvidia-backed Nscale after power connection delays pushed its expected supply date into the 2030s, highlighting a major obstacle to the UK's AI ambitions.

Shares and bonds of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave tumbled again today despite CEO assurances about its strong deal backlog, laying bare a growing crisis of confidence in an AI build-out increasingly financed with borrowed money.

TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced AI chips, said today it expects fourth-quarter revenue to rise by as much as 61% from a year earlier, after posting a sixth consecutive quarter of record earnings as it rides an AI boom.

Anthropic has told prospective investors that revenue in the third quarter surged 45% from the prior quarter, two people who attended an investor day said, a move that could assuage market concerns about the huge costs of developing AI systems.

ASML said today that AI-driven demand for its chip-printing tools is so strong that it will not be able to fully meet customer demand in 2027 or 2028 and that it is looking at ways to expand capacity as it raised its full-year sales outlook.

Google has announced a €4.5m investment to advance AI-powered weather forecasting and climate research in Ireland.

Anthropic has said that small AI models could be months away from self-replicating across internet-connected devices, raising the possibility of AI botnets spreading quickly, fighting takedown attempts and even breaking into data centres to turbocharge their growth.

OpenAI has announced plans to create 200 new jobs at its Irish offices, in addition to the roles announced just three months ago.

Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than milk.

There are likely to be more serious cybersecurity incidents due to the ease with which bad actors can deploy artificial intelligence, the Director of the National Cyber Security Centre has warned.

OpenAI is bringing in about $20 billion less in annualised revenue than investors had been led to believe, the Financial Times has reported, raising questions about the solidity of the AI business.

Microsoft has unveiled an AI coding model that can run directly on personal computers and new security technology to prevent AI agents from accessing data without permission, challenging Apple's push to bring more AI into personal devices.