Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

Microsoft president Brad Smith: Ireland is “well-positioned for future of AI”

Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

Show Notes

This week’s guest on Inside Business is Brad Smith, vice chair and president at tech giant Microsoft.

He was in Dublin this week to speak at the Government’s international AI summit in the RDS.

Brad sat down with host Ciarán Hancock to discuss the need for regulation of AI, both globally and for individual states, Ireland’s potential role in the development of the technology and how it could change our lives and workplaces.

He also spelled out Microsoft’s own plans and ambitions for AI development in the coming years.

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