AI Safety Reckoning: Global Giants Spar as Ireland Watches Its Fintech Back

The world's biggest AI companies are forming a self-regulatory standards body, a move that directly impacts Ireland's tech hub. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are collaborating on an idea from Demis Hassabis for a body modeled after a US financial regulator, aimed at testing the most powerful AI systems before public release. With Meta's Dublin HQ and other major AI labs employing thousands in Ireland, this initiative signals a new era of accountability for the...