AI Ireland with Mark Kelly

Today’s guest is Alastair McKinley, Chief  Technology Officer at Analytics Engines. Founded in 2008, Analytics Engines work at the forefront of AI-enhanced search and discovery, offering a custom-created approach, built collaboratively to fulfil specific needs. That often includes natural language processing, pattern identification and mapping relationships across multiple unstructured sources. The company's unique accelerator IP allows them to build and deploy solutions much faster, reducing time to value for clients, ensuring their work gets done, sooner and better. Their solutions uncover decision-critical insights; address complex institutional problems; and solve your most pressing problems meaning you get the most value, in the least time. Topics include: His background and current role with Analytics Engines Services in data engineering, data visualisation and data science Challenges in AI adoption and governance Incorporating OpenAI, ChatGPT and Large Language Models The current possibilities of LLMs to improve customer satisfaction Challenges to be aware of with these current technologies How the AI landscape will continue to evolve

Today’s guest is Paul Hunter, Head of Advanced Analytics at AIB. Paul leads a team of Data Scientists and ML Engineers to deliver high value machine learning use cases at scale at enterprise level, as well as developing an MLOps framework on the cloud for Advanced Analytics to enhance scalability, standardisation and governance in Machine Learning. Paul is also responsible for enhancing the value of Analytics products across AIB through the establishment of a value framework, and developing a Customer Lifetime Value proposition, deepening customer engagements through data and analytics, and driving the Personalisation strategy for AIB. Topics include: His background and journey to AIB An insight into the Advanced Analytics team at AIB Understanding the key business problems Examples of the benefits they're bringing across the business The importance of keeping your team engaged The power of influence and storytelling

Today’s guest is Liam Cronin, Chief Executive Officer at RDI Hub. In this episode, Liam discusses the upcoming 4th International John McCarthy AI Summer School which takes place at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, Co Kerry, on the 7th and 8th of September. This 2 day event will include plenary lectures and roundtable discussions, on selected topics presented by leading experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability. Topics include: An overview of the RDI Hub and AI Summer School The partners that help support the AI Summer School What to expect across the two-day event Speakers taking part this year How to get involved with this year's AI Summer School

Today’s guest is Pawel Lee, Principal Data Scientist at North American Bancard. North American Bancard and its subsidiaries are committed to making it as easy as possible for you to grow your business through innovations in credit card processing, ecommerce, mobile payments, back-end business solutions, and more. Throughout their growth, the company have stayed agile in order to remain at the forefront of the ever-changing payments landscape. While we are large enough to offer customized solutions to enterprise-level clients, they are still nimble enough to take an award-winning, hands-on approach to personal service you just won't find anyplace else. Topics include: His background in astronomy and moving into Data Science Previous skills he transferred into his current work An overview of North American Bancard Day-to-day work of the team including Consumer fraud monitoring Defining the right problems to solve Projects they are working on within financial fraud on the Dark Web

Today’s guest is John Burke, Manager - Research and Development Tax Consultant (CTA) at Mazars Ireland. Sponsoring the AI Awards for the fifth consecutive year, Mazars is a leading international audit, tax, advisory and consulting firm. Operating as a united partnership, Mazars works as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale and cultural understanding to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit, assurance, tax, consulting, financial advisory, corporate finance and financial outsourcing. Topics include: His background and current work with Mazars An insight into the world of R&D Tax Credits Five conditions for qualifying for R&D Tax credits Recent trends he is seeing in the market How companies are leaving money on the table by not claiming R&D tax credits The importance of organizations documenting their activities How to take action on claiming R&D tax credits

Today’s guests are Neil Brady, Co-Founder/CEO and Paul Watson, CTO at CaliberAI. CaliberAI is a unique team of editors, developers, lawyers, linguists and computer scientists, dedicated to building technologies that make digital publishing a safer, more accountable process for all. They aim to reduce risks to publishers and others by helping to counter potentially defamatory and harmful content, through the use of Artificial Intelligence systems built to the highest ethical standards. Topics include: - The work they do with CaliberAI - Behind the scenes on the technology that brings their platform to life - The impact of GenerativeAI on their business - Use cases of how AI can track defamation and hateful speech - How they're utilizing NLP and Large Language Models - The impact of the AI Act on organizations - How AI and GenerativeAI will continue to evolve in the future

Today’s guest is Kieran McCorry, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Ireland. Kieran has over 31 years' experience in the technology industry and is currently the National Technology Officer for Microsoft Ireland, where his role is to help Public Sector customers address their challenges, fully realize their opportunities, and pursue their national priorities. He is responsible for positioning Microsoft as the partner technology company of choice and engendering trust, technology vision, strategic alignment, business model, business practices, and policy approaches to Microsoft customers.  Topics include: How Generative AI fits into Microsoft's AI Strategy Examples of how they are using Generative AI at Microsoft Other exciting copilots such as GitHub Utilizing Generative AI from a business perspective Advice for businesses on embracing this technology The role of data privacy and regulation Where he sees AI evolving to in the near future

Today’s guests are Dave Lewis, Associate Director at ADAPT Centre and Brian McElligott, Partner and Head of AI at Mason Hayes & Curran who will discuss The AI Act. Dave is an associate professor in the school of computer science and statistics and Trinity College Dublin. He is the director of the SFI-funded ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology, and coordinates the EU-funded PROTECT multidisciplinary doctoral training network. He investigates open models for trustworthy AI and data governance and collaborate with the National Standards Authority of Ireland in developing international standards in these areas. Brian is an experienced Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence lawyer who is focused on delivering understandable and actionable solutions for clients, particularly in the AI regulatory space. He's had the benefit of a great mix of private practice and in-house experience in the AI and IP spaces, including operationalising and commercialising AI platforms and solutions. Topics include: What is the AI Act Why companies need to figure out AI regulation How organizations can prepare for The AI Act Immediate measures that companies can put in place Challenges in introducing The AI Act Considerations to take from a national perspective To find out more about the AI Act, check out the website www.artificialintelligenceact.eu.

Today’s guest is Ignacio Colis Vidal, which is the Co-Founder at Automated Regulatory Monitoring. Previously a finalist at the 2021 AI Awards, ARM help firms identify customers displaying early signs of vulnerability and monitoring every key step of their customer journey to prevent any harm to the final consumer. Topics include: The work they do at ARM His motivation for setting up the company How their technology helps customers The vulnerability passport The benefits this product brings to customers How they are using Machine Learning

Today’s guest is Aurobinda De, Co-Founder and Director at Empeal. Founded in 2018, Empeal is an AI Driven Multisided Digital Health SaaS Solution for prevention and management of chronic health conditions. Their measurable metrics based on medical, nutrition, lifestyle, behaviour and individual goals data, help users and organisations understand their health footprint and act on it. Topics include: His background and journey to Empeal Problems they are solving within health & well-being Challenges of working with Healthcare Data How they are using AI to solve these challenges What the future holds for Empeal