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🛎️We're hiring. Join The Research Ireland Centre ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin. Research Fellow required in Fibre sensing applications and network control with Prof Marco Ruffini. 📷12 month specific purpose full time contract.⏱️Apply by noon 20.02.2026 🗒️Further details and application procedure are available on the ADAPT careers website page adaptcentre.ie/careers/ @Researchirel @tcddublinscss

🛎️We're hiring. Join The Research Ireland Centre ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin. Postdoctoral Research Fellow required in digital twins for optical networks with Prof Marco Ruffini. 🗒️ 12 month specific purpose full time contract. 🖊️apply by noon 20.02.2026. Further details are available on the ADAPT careers page adaptcentre.ie/careers/postdo… @Researchirel @tcddublin

"With a lot of the other publicly available generated AI technologies, with one of them in particular, it was actually taking meeting minutes from a city council meeting in New South Wales, Australia, whereas when you can do that in house, that becomes far less of an issue." - Richie Shakespeare Publicly available #generativeAI technologies can produce hallucinations and misinformation when scraping data from anywhere. Testing retrieval models for analysing Dublin City Council meeting minutes using publicly available #GenAI revealed shocking error. Testing specific councillor questions, one system insisted the answer was correct despite being completely wrong. After investigation, it was discovered that it was actually taking meeting minutes from a city council meeting in New South Wales Australia! Learn more and listen to our experts here: adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/adapt… #ADAPTRadio #AIHallucinations #InHouseDevelopment #DataControl #GenAITesting #CouncilMinutes @tcddublin @DubCityCouncil

Stay informed on how #AI research turns into real-world impact. Subscribe to the ADAPT Centre newsletter for updates on research, policy, collaboration, and practical AI insights shaping Ireland’s digital future: adaptcentre.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1b…

On #ADAPTRadio, Khizer Ahmed Biyabani outlines the four core pillars behind local government Generative AI Lab. The approach starts with governance and responsible AI use, creating a safe, transparent, and ethical space for staff, supported by newly released interim guidance. The second pillar focuses on AI education and training, upskilling staff on the basics of AI, a requirement under EU AI Act Article 4. This is followed by proofs of concept, and finally scaling successful use cases to enterprise level, with all pillars operating interdependently. Learn more and listen to our experts on this month's #ADAPTRadio: adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/adapt… #FourPillars #EUAIAct #AILiteracy #ResponsibleAI #StaffTraining @Researchirel @DubCityCouncil @tcddublin @tcddublinscss

Registration still open for a FREE workshop under ADAPT’s AI Literacy in the Classroom initiative. Built for post-primary teachers (no AI/CS background needed), it focuses on critical thinking, ethics, and responsible AI use in schools. 🗓 24 Jan 2025 🕒10:00–14:00 (refreshments from 09:30) 📌Limerick 🍽️Lunch + certificate included ailiteracyintheclassroom.ie/workshop/limer @Researchirel @DiscussAI @DCU @UCD_Research @ucddublin @dcucomputing @Google #AILiteracy #ResponsibleAI #EdTech #Teachers

Cyberwise Adventures in Cyberland Awards, a national initiative celebrating creativity, critical thinking and digital citizenship among primary and post-primary students across Ireland, took place last December.  Hosted by the UCD Centre for Cyber Resilience Education (#CCRE), the 2025 awards invited pupils and students to explore the theme “Global Opportunities and Challenges in Cybersecurity”, responding through projects in formats as diverse as posters, short films, presentations, artwork and digital stories. Learn more: adaptcentre.ie/news-and-event… @Researchirel @ucddublin @UCDCompSci @UCD_Research @Cyberwise_Ire

"What makes unique about this partnership between Dublin City Council and ADAPT is that ADAPT is leading research centre in artificial intelligence and human computer interaction, bringing technical academic expertise and bringing that with public services enhances the work." - Khizer Ahmed Biyabani Ireland's first local government generative AI Lab represents a unique partnership between Dublin City Council and the ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin. The Lab aims to translate academic research into practical ethical AI tools for public services initially focusing internally on pain points that could be addressed with artificial intelligence help rather than public facing applications at moment though not completely ruled out for future once solid learnings secured. Learn more and listen to our experts on this month's #ADAPTRadio: adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/adapt… #ResearchPartnership #ADAPTCentre #DublinCityCouncil #AcademicCollaboration #ResponsibleAI @DubCityCouncil @tcddublinscss

In December last year, the @TRANSMIXR project took part in UnitedXR Europe in Brussels, a leading event for the extended reality (XR) sector, bringing together more than 2,000 professionals, 120 exhibitors, and 125 industry leaders from across Europe. Led by Dr. Niall Murray of @TUS_ie and the ADAPT Centre, TRANSMIXR is focused on developing innovative tools for industries such as news media, broadcasting, performing arts, and cultural heritage. These tools aim to help organisations better understand large-scale media content and deliver next-generation immersive experiences powered by Social XR technologies. More information on the project is available here: transmixr.eu/transmixr-at-u…

At the beginning of a new year, it’s always a good moment to pause and reflect on what we’ve accomplished in the period behind us. One achievement we are particularly proud of is the development of our AI Transparency Notice.

On #ADAPTRadio, Richie Shakespeare discusses why collaboration is essential for scaling Generative AI Labs across local authorities in Ireland and beyond. Learn more and listen to our experts on this month's #ADAPTRadio: adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/adapt… #FourPillars #EUAIAct #AILiteracy #ResponsibleAI #StaffTraining @Researchirel @tcddublin @tcddublinscss @DubCityCouncil

Artificial intelligence: are we heading for a dystopic future, or one in which a labour force is relieved from menial tasks? Machine learning is second-guessing us; is this making our lives easier, or is it intrusive? Corporates are hoovering up content to train large language models in ways that are hard for users to control. But there is no doubt that AI, and related tools, are pushing back the boundaries of research. Join ADAPT Director Prof. John Kelleher, Jane Ohlmeyer (@tcddublin) , and Béla Mihalikis (Ideas Science) as they discuss on recent CORDIScovery podcast "Pushing back the boundaries of research with AI". Listen here: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/462… #AI #TechPodcast #LLM @Researchirel @tcddublinscss

Stay informed on how #AI research turns into real-world impact. Subscribe to the ADAPT Centre newsletter for updates on research, policy, collaboration, and practical AI insights shaping Ireland’s digital future: adaptcentre.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1b…

Listen to Khizer Ahmed Biyabani discuss Smart Cities programme pillars including digital twins, GIS survey mapping and Smart City Expo World Congress insights from Barcelona on this month's #ADAPTRadio. Learn more and listen to our experts: adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/adapt… #FourPillars #EUAIAct #AILiteracy #ResponsibleAI #StaffTraining @Researchirel @DubCityCouncil

Big congratulations to Julie Connelly (AI Mapit) and Niamh Donnelly (Akara Robotics), both recognised at the DCU Alumni Awards 2025. Two ADAPT-linked founders turning AI & robotics research into real-world impact. More > adaptcentre.ie/news-and-event…

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ADAPT welcomed a delegation from South Africa and the wider Southern African Development Community (#SADC) region as part of an international study visit focused on strengthening #university–industry collaboration, #entrepreneurship #education and #innovation #ecosystems.  The visit formed part of the UNIICO project, a three-year international initiative aimed at improving graduate employability, supporting start-up growth and fostering job creation across Southern Africa by strengthening the role of universities as engines of innovation and entrepreneurship. Learn more> adaptcentre.ie/news-and-event… @Researchirel @tcddublinscss

Registration still open for a FREE workshop under ADAPT’s AI Literacy in the Classroom initiative. Built for post-primary teachers (no AI/CS background needed), it focuses on critical thinking, ethics, and responsible AI use in schools. 🗓 24 Jan 2025 🕒10:00–14:00 (refreshments from 09:30) 📌Limerick 🍽️Lunch + certificate included ailiteracyintheclassroom.ie/workshop/limer @Researchirel @DiscussAI @DCU @UCD_Research @ucddublin @dcucomputing @Google #AILiteracy #ResponsibleAI #EdTech #Teachers

New research from ADAPT offers fresh insight into how state-of-the-art #artificialintelligence systems process incomplete or disrupted #speech, shedding light on the internal workings of modern automatic speech recognition (#ASR) models. It was authored by ADAPT researchers Iona Gessinger and Erfan A. Shams, with supervision from Professor Julie Carson-Berndsen, and was supported by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland through the ADAPT Centre. Learn more: adaptcentre.ie/news-and-event… @Researchirel