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In this episode we look at the many shapes of artificial intelligence, from companies that don’t love us back, to optiistic valuations, and Accenture head of technology in Ireland Austin Boyle shares his thoughts on how AI agents have yet to fulfill their promise. Finally, as Pac-Man turns 45 Niall and Dusty revisit the golden age of arcade games.

We often talk about the work people won’t have to do thanks to technologies like automation and AI. However, there are plenty of jobs out there that people shouldn’t be doing in the first place. This week Niall Kitson is joined by Anybotics' senior product manager and Swiss chapter co-lead of Women in Robotics Kateryna Portmann, and technical project manager for Verity Nazrin Aliyeva to talk about the state of the art.

This week, Microsoft dropped an emergency patch for a vulnerability in Sharepoint that Chinese hackers have been exploiting since 7 July. Plus, now age verification is here how are social media platforms making sure users are of age?

Lastly, we learn about EdTips, a push to bring science, technology and engineering into primary schools with Keith Nolan from TU Dublin.

This week Jason and Dusty find out more about the dark side of WeTransfer; the EU’s digital passport you may need to access the Internet; and the dark reality of AI replacing workers, starting with the people who built it.

On this week's show Samsung shows off the latest in Flip and Fold smartphones and a new Watch; we enter nightmare territory courtesy of OpenAI and Grok; and Kyran O'Mahoney from Nexus Inclusion talks about how companies can become more accomodating for people with disabilities.

This week Niall and Dusty chat about the wedding of the year courtesy of Jeff Bezos. Trump Mobile’s ‘American’ phone fails to meet expectations and with Tesla’s robotaxi has a mixed start in Austin. Also up for discussion are two cases tackling AI, copyright and fair use.

We also find out more about early-stage Irish startups, who are driving transformative solutions for a greener future with BnM’s Accelerate Green Grow Programme. Sharing their stories are Frank Daly from JTM Energy; Paul Mahon from Watt Footprint; and Michael O’Shea from Pulse Market.

This week we have an expensive race for talent in AI; the Trump Organisation gets into mobile; and ask how long Irish people are willing to go without Internet connectivity.Plus, we talk with three more start-up founders from BnM's Accelerate Green programme.

This week we have the highs and lows of WWDC 2025, find out Ireland’s favourite AI and Nasa’s goes all quiet on social media.

Plus, we talk with three start-up founders about how their companies are exploring the boundaries of sustainability.

This week we have the beginning of the end of the Trump/Musk alliance, Nintendo drops the Switch 2 console, and we have two copyright cases that could define the future of AI. We also meet Rebecca Barford-Ryan to talk about the upcoming Women in Data Science Regional Conference.

This week Niall and Dusty talk about how the Irish Council for Civil Liberties is taking on Microsoft; the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition gets a new title sponsor; we learn what a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' is; and ask what's next for Elon Musk as he departs the White House.

Later, Ashley Casovan, managing director of the AI Governance Centre at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, talks about making policy and using open data to make better public services.