- Read more: AI and Inequality: Spotlight on the Key Issues Affecting Ireland
TASC has published a new report, AI and Inequality: Spotlight on the Key Issues Affecting Ireland. This report “examines who stands to benefit from Ireland’s rapidly expanding digital economy, and who risks being left behind. An estimated 63% of jobs in Ireland are exposed to AI to some degree, with around 30% facing a comparatively…
- Read more: From Research to Impact: ATU Research-Informed, Industry-Linked Policy Brief Series – Academic Year 2025/2026
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) has launched the inaugural volume of its Research-Informed, Industry-Linked Policy Brief Series, bringing together 23 policy briefs authored by ATU researchers to inform policy and practice.
- Read more: Keeping the Human in Command: How Ireland Can Lead on Accountable AI
When a person overrides an AI recommendation, that is the clearest evidence that human oversight is real, not merely procedural. This paper argues that Ireland can preserve those moments as verifiable records, turning the EU AI Act’s oversight duties into a practical model for accountable AI.
- Read more: Does Interacting with AI Make Us Think More Rationally?
A newly published study from University College Dublin finds that people hold a strong and consistent belief that artificial intelligence makes decisions based on logic and reason, while viewing human decision-making as driven by emotion and feeling. Crucially, this belief is not a trivial observation; it changes how people actually behave. When participants in an…
- Read more: Artificial Intelligence in Service of Society: Navigating Our Way Forward
The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has published Artificial Intelligence in Service of Society: Navigating Our Way Forward.
- Read more: No Digital Omnibus! Why Europe Owes LMICs the Ethical Regulation of Generative AI in Healthcare
This paper argues that the EU’s recent digital and AI regulations could work as a multilateralist spine to unlock the potential of generative AI safely and ethically. However, the authors argue that Europe’s recent proposal of a ‘Digital Omnibus’ package may eradicate the so-called ‘Brussels effect’, and they urge the EU to carefully consider the…
- Read more: Guardrail the Judicial Mind: Preserving the Cognitive Integrity of Judges in the Era of LLMs
This paper examines the emerging threat to judicial cognitive integrity posed by the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) as preparatory tools in judicial decision-making. Drawing on established psychological and behavioural research, it argues that judges’ interaction with LLM outputs predictably generates automation bias and cognitive offloading, subtly shaping reasoning even where judges remain formally…
- Read more: Navigating the Adoption of AI for Policymaking
In this paper, the author draws on his experiences working with various types of public organisations across different countries at the intersection of economic policymaking and computational methods to argue that the current hype for AI has unique characteristics that call for rethinking how public institutions adopt this technology for policymaking. The paper underlines that…
- Read more: Judging by AI: Compromised Independence and a Threat to Human Rights?
This paper aims to uncover the potentials and perils of artificial judicial decision-making and focuses particularly on the risk of compromised independence of the judiciary and the possible impacts on human rights through the integration of AI in the judicial decision-making process. It concludes that modern AI tech tools have the potential to play assistive,…
- Read more: Extending the AI Talent Pipeline and Exploring Responsible Approaches to Inclusive Upskilling
In this paper, we will explore the evolving landscape of AI education in Europe and its limitations and AI literacy gap. The paper discusses how extending the AI talent pipeline with intentional inclusivity and a commitment to responsibility can transform AI from an exclusive engine of progress into a shared infrastructure of possibility, ensuring that…
