{"id":654867,"date":"2026-10-14T21:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/654867\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T21:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:46:12","slug":"tech-leaders-outline-ai-dangers-and-opportunities-at-dublin-summit-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/654867\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech leaders outline AI dangers and opportunities at Dublin summit \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The artificial intelligence <\/a>(AI) industry needs strict guardrails and standards to ensure the technology is safe, the International AI Summit in Dublin heard on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Tech leaders from Microsoft, Google, Stripe and IBM gathered at the RDS in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, alongside policymakers to discuss the opportunities and issues facing the industry. <\/p>\n

Cofounder and chairman of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis said recent incidents of AI agents going \u201crogue\u201d and hacking third-party systems were \u201cearly warning shots\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe systems aren\u2019t that powerful yet, so the incidents aren\u2019t that major, but they could be looking into next year and the next couple of years if we don\u2019t do more work as an industry and individually as companies and governments,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work that we can bring best practices from other sectors that have dealt with safety-critical systems, whether it\u2019s biology or nuclear. I think there\u2019s a lot of lessons that can be learned about containment systems, and I think we need to start taking that seriously and bring experts in from those areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hassabis has backed the establishment of a standards body that would help develop the technology in a \u201cnuanced and nimble and dynamic way\u201d, and put more responsibility on so-called frontier labs who were developing new areas of the technology to make sure it was safe. <\/p>\n

\"\"Microsoft president Brad Smith: Ireland ‘well-positioned for future of AI’<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to stifle the innovation, all the amazing things that come out of it. We want those things, but also there\u2019s no complete consensus even [among] people working on this \u2013 the scientists and the researchers working on this \u2013 [about] what exactly the risks are and how big they are,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

He said a framework that could quickly adapt to test critical elements of the systems, keeping up with the technology in a way that regulation would struggle to do, would be needed.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the opening of the event, European Commission vice-president with responsibility for tech sovereignty Henna Virkkunen said incidents of hacking and so-called rogue AI undermine trust in the technology. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe commission has been loud and clear: AI must remain under human direction, oversight and control, and we stand ready to take all necessary steps to ensure companies follow AI Act rules so that European people can trust AI models and innovations.\u201d <\/p>\n

Stripe\u2019s Eileen O\u2019Mara said the technology also presented an opportunity for economies. <\/p>\n

Come see for yourself and get hands-on with the technology\u2019s range and power at PwC\u2019s dedicated GenAI Business Centre <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are seeing is a complete replatform of the economy. AI companies are going global faster than any other cohort of any in [software as a service] land in history. That\u2019s really unique,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI in this economy should be one that brings everybody with it. This is an opportunity for everybody to have an opportunity to drive productivity and growth, and most importantly for Europe to drive meaningful entrepreneurship and drive business.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event was opened by Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin, who said there was a desire for \u201cresponsible, safe and secure AI\u201d with AI benefits \u201cguided and guarded by human agency\u201d. <\/p>\n

The technology has the potential to improve services, he said, but there was a need to cut through the noise, hype and rhetoric to zero in on the opportunities that could answer many of the challenges facing Europe today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The artificial intelligence (AI) industry needs strict guardrails and standards to ensure the technology is safe, the International…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[218,72,15219,1711,61,60,19902],"class_list":["post-654867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-business","tag-deepmind","tag-google","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-stripe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}