The Big Tech Show Irish Independent

Are social media platforms unduly skewing the minds of young males? What is the harmful content they see? And is it unprompted?

On The Big Tech Show this week, Adrian is joined by postdoctoral researcher with the Observatory on Cyberbullying, Cyberhate & Online Harassment at DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dr Catherine Baker.
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What's going on with artificial intelligence? Has EU legislation helped or hindered the AI space? and why has OpenAI updated GPT-4?
Adrian is joined on The Big Tech Show this week by head of growth at Human Loop, Conor Kelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How were Eir complaints staff instructed to treat a complaint? Why are Eir saying this instruction is being used ‘out of context?’ And how does this effect Eir customers?

Telecoms company Eir was fined €7,500 in court today after pleading guilty to 12 counts of breaching regulations governing how complaints should be handled by providers.

However, it says the paragraph relating to staff instructions around customer complaint telephone numbers and websites was “taken out of context”.

It added that this was part of “training material for new customer service agents”, requiring agents to transfer a call rather than asking a customer to call a second time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are politicians being harassed out of office on social media? As a wave of Irish TDs leave office, partially citing invective and coarseness online, how is our new TikTok Taoiseach doing?

Joining Adrian to discuss this is the Fine Gael TD for Galway East, Ciaran Cannon, who recently announced that he would not run again for the Dail, partially because of how ugly things were getting online
Adrian is also joined by Damien Mulley, director of Mulley Communications, who has conducted extensive research into how politicians fare online and who is doing best.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When is Disney+ clamping down on password sharing? What is Apple’s new robot project? And why does Elon Musk think AI will exceed human intelligence next year?
This week on The Big Tech Show, Adrian discusses the tech stories hitting the news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you overpaying for mobile, broadband or TV? Is it a bother to switch? And will your service suffer in quality if you change provider?

On The Big Tech Show, Adrian discusses how you can save on mobile, broadband and TV amid price hikes this month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.