{"id":736508,"date":"2026-08-13T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736508\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:06:08","slug":"ai-the-potential-winners-and-loser-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736508\/","title":{"rendered":"AI: The potential winners and loser in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Entrepreneurs Oonagh O&#8217;Reilly and Marie-Claire McGreevy have also worked with the AICC as they develop their business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They have created Mel, an AI-powered business development platform designed to help accountants and lawyers get better at selling their services and developing new clients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Oonagh says that AI creates a whole new range of opportunities to start and scale businesses in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For McGreevy, collaborating with the AICC helped them understand the nuances of deploying AI safely and sustainably. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We had our eyes opened to the world of &#8216;tokenomics&#8217;\u2014understanding how much it&#8217;s going to cost in the long term to deploy AI within our system, and how to use it strategically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The emerging paradox of Northern Ireland&#8217;s AI story is becoming clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The hardware builders are riding a record-breaking high, but the broader professional services workforce must adapt as AI evolves from a distant technology into an everyday workplace reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for the Department for the Economy said AI &#8220;presents significant opportunities&#8221; for the economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are working with partners across education, industry and government to support AI capability through a range of initiatives including the \u00a316.3 million Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre, Assured Skills Academies and ensuring wider skills programmes remain responsive to technological change,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;An AI advisory panel has been established by the economy minister and the department is &#8220;working closely with the Office of AI and Digital in The Executive Office on the development of the public sector AI Strategy, which is currently out for consultation&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurs Oonagh O&#8217;Reilly and Marie-Claire McGreevy have also worked with the AICC as they develop their business. They&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}