The Business

AI has been getting a lot of attention of late, but the latest development is a surprising one. Tesla chief, Elon Musk, one of the founders of Open AI is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for breach of contract. He says that they have compromised the start-up’s original mission of building artificial intelligence systems for the benefit of humanity.

We’ve heard so much about Ireland’s night time economy, licensing laws and late openings. New legislation is going through the Oireachtas designed to support the sector, but meanwhile nightclubs all over the country continue to close. Clubber and owner of Tropical Popical Andrea Horan has penned this ode to nightclubs.

Chronology has become a focus of the American election campaign and who has the vitality to do the job. 81-year-old Joe Biden or Donald Trump aged 77. This week, Biden hit back saying that it’s not about how old the candidates are, it’s how old their ideas are. Is there a right age to retire and do ideas stop coming at a particular age?

Jenny Jennings has spent her whole life immersed in the entertainment industry, from clubbing and circuses to concerts and theatre. An early immersion in Dublin’s alternative nightclub scene while still at school, sowed a tiny seed for what would later become This Is Pop Baby, a theatre company that has ignited stages around the world.

Today marks the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of people have been killed, millions have been forced to flee their homes, villages, towns and even entire cities have been completely destroyed. Kyiv journalist Natalia Gumenyuk joins me to give us an insight into how life and business is in the war torn country.

A story of resilience. Una Leonard of 2210 Pattisiere was recovering from a serious eating disorder and her own mental health crisis when she discovered the healing power of baking and decided to make a career out of it. Una now owns two patisseries and she joins me to share her story.

The Irish Times reports that RTE Board members are “furious, insulted and fed up” over the forced resignation of the chair of the board. But who is going to replace Siún Ní Raghallaigh in the job? Would anyone even want the role anymore? Earlier we caught up with Eileen Gleeson, of the Institute of Directors.

Now from traditional media to new media - imagine this - you type a simple description and within a split second a video version of your description appears on screen. This is the latest OpenAI tool. To look at the implications for such tools we’re joined by Tech entrepreneur Mark Little, and Marie Toft, founder of Emotionise AI.

This week Niall Horan has been entertaining audiences in Belfast and Dublin with two more shows in the 3Arena before he starts a world tour. He is a former member of One Direction. So what happens when the band breaks up? What's the reality like as a solo artist? 2FM's Aifric O'Connell has been giving it some thought.

I think it’s fair to say that work is central to most of our daily lives. And increasingly, people say that they want their work to matter. But what actually defines a 'meaningful' job? Dr Caleb Althorpe, philosopher at Trinity College Dublin who’s completing a new IRC project on making work meaningful joins me now.