Aidan is entirely correct — and we can use the Digital Omnibus to fix this. See berjon.com/data-omnibus/.

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Just a reminder, the Irish government has used its time holding the EU presidency to introduce a proposal to weaken EU data privacy regulations. This measure would allow AI companies to scrap private information from hundreds of millions of EU citizens to use for their training models.

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Despite claiming to support environmental sustainability the Department of Rural and Community Development is partnering with Google and an Irish NGO to promote AI in the nonprofit sector. Applicants will get state funds for their AI 'adoption journey'. www.ontheditch.com/government-p...

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To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter. Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually?

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The council is looking to host pop-up uses in one of its vacant buildings on Capel Street. Reviving 114 to 116 Capel Street is part of the council’s wider effort to meet recommendations around tackling vacancy made by the Dublin City Taskforce, a council spokesperson said.

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