Elaine Burke
@elaineburke.bsky.social
Talking tech, science and media. Journalist and broadcaster. Host of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social and Connected AI Podcast.
This opening statement from @danmcquillan.bsky.social to the Oireachtas committee on AI is well worth a read. (A masterclass in concision, too.)
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This opening statement from @danmcquillan.bsky.social to the Oireachtas committee on AI is well worth a read. (A masterclass in concision, too.)
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
Gonna be on @newstalkfm.bsky.social shortly with the Pod Squad reviewing What Went Wrong, which I have been devouring recently.
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Gonna be on @newstalkfm.bsky.social shortly with the Pod Squad reviewing What Went Wrong, which I have been devouring recently.
Something being missed a bit in the coverage of Ryanair's shift to "100% digital" boarding (which it's not) is that they are actually limiting other digital formats and favouring only their app for access to passes, which isn't a neutral utility but a data collecting e-commerce machine.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Something being missed a bit in the coverage of Ryanair's shift to "100% digital" boarding (which it's not) is that they are actually limiting other digital formats and favouring only their app for access to passes, which isn't a neutral utility but a data collecting e-commerce machine.
This is quite niche and very stupid but I made it anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is quite niche and very stupid but I made it anyway.
This is an incredible obituary and a reckoning on how hubris can drive success but also severe pigheadedness.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is an incredible obituary and a reckoning on how hubris can drive success but also severe pigheadedness.
What I'm saying is: I GET IT.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What I'm saying is: I GET IT.
Not sure this is a headline-as-a-question kinda piece, lads.
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not sure this is a headline-as-a-question kinda piece, lads.
On Ireland AM last week giving my take on how "social media" is becoming less of the former and more of the latter, and why that's leading platforms to make (desperate) bets on AI-generated content.
You can catch the full segment here: play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/vod/53...
You can catch the full segment here: play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/vod/53...
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
On Ireland AM last week giving my take on how "social media" is becoming less of the former and more of the latter, and why that's leading platforms to make (desperate) bets on AI-generated content.
You can catch the full segment here: play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/vod/53...
You can catch the full segment here: play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/vod/53...
At @fortechssakepod.bsky.social we are fully committed to spooky season. 👻🎃
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
At @fortechssakepod.bsky.social we are fully committed to spooky season. 👻🎃
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Well I think this one can.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Well I think this one can.
I met the astounding Young Scientist winners Saoirse, Laoise and Ciara Murphy at the Women in STEM Awards last week and I am *obsessed*. Not just at their talent but their confidence and composure. Absolute legends. 🤩
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I met the astounding Young Scientist winners Saoirse, Laoise and Ciara Murphy at the Women in STEM Awards last week and I am *obsessed*. Not just at their talent but their confidence and composure. Absolute legends. 🤩
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In a world where innovation and regulation are typically depicted as opposing forces, Ireland’s Central Bank is building a safe space in which both can play nice.
New one from me, also available with this weekend's @businesspost.bsky.social 🗞️
www.businesspost.ie/tech/playing...
New one from me, also available with this weekend's @businesspost.bsky.social 🗞️
www.businesspost.ie/tech/playing...
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In a world where innovation and regulation are typically depicted as opposing forces, Ireland’s Central Bank is building a safe space in which both can play nice.
New one from me, also available with this weekend's @businesspost.bsky.social 🗞️
www.businesspost.ie/tech/playing...
New one from me, also available with this weekend's @businesspost.bsky.social 🗞️
www.businesspost.ie/tech/playing...
Tomorrow's episode of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social contains multitudes.
(Including a layer of irony in me finding this funny but also complaining about the juvenile humour in AI slop.)
What can I say, the duality of me. 🤷🏻♀️
(Including a layer of irony in me finding this funny but also complaining about the juvenile humour in AI slop.)
What can I say, the duality of me. 🤷🏻♀️
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tomorrow's episode of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social contains multitudes.
(Including a layer of irony in me finding this funny but also complaining about the juvenile humour in AI slop.)
What can I say, the duality of me. 🤷🏻♀️
(Including a layer of irony in me finding this funny but also complaining about the juvenile humour in AI slop.)
What can I say, the duality of me. 🤷🏻♀️
Everything a good neighbourhood
October 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Everything a good neighbourhood
Mr.Scisors is my fave. ✂️
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Mr.Scisors is my fave. ✂️
Time for a Halloween game I like to call... Whose IP Is It Anyway???
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Time for a Halloween game I like to call... Whose IP Is It Anyway???
Someone at the IT is having a 'mare rushing out the Budget coverage.
This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.
The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.
This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.
The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.
October 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Someone at the IT is having a 'mare rushing out the Budget coverage.
This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.
The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.
This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.
The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.
The Thursday 'I Could Murder a Glass of Wine' Club 🍷
October 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Thursday 'I Could Murder a Glass of Wine' Club 🍷
October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"We're creating data at a rate we can't control, and AI is only compounding that"
Richard Cassidy, Rubrik
Richard Cassidy, Rubrik
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"We're creating data at a rate we can't control, and AI is only compounding that"
Richard Cassidy, Rubrik
Richard Cassidy, Rubrik
Robert O'Farrell from ID-Pal demoing how easy it is to produce fake documents for verification.
"You can create unlimited IDs, deepfakes."
#CyberSummit25
"You can create unlimited IDs, deepfakes."
#CyberSummit25
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Robert O'Farrell from ID-Pal demoing how easy it is to produce fake documents for verification.
"You can create unlimited IDs, deepfakes."
#CyberSummit25
"You can create unlimited IDs, deepfakes."
#CyberSummit25
"Data integrity will collapse without controlling AI manipulation" says EY Ireland head of cyber Puneet Kukreja in the first presentation at #CyberSummit25. This is set to be a major topic throughout the day.
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Data integrity will collapse without controlling AI manipulation" says EY Ireland head of cyber Puneet Kukreja in the first presentation at #CyberSummit25. This is set to be a major topic throughout the day.