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What the EU AI Act, Irish policy and emerging norms mean for how AI gets deployed.

Inside the Courtroom Battles Reshaping Where Ireland's Data Centres Get Built
A renamed planning authority, a landmark ICJ climate citation, and a fast-growing string of legal challenges are converging to make Ireland's data centre planning process more contested than ever.

Washington Just Turned AI Models Into a Controlled Export — And the Rules Are Still Being Written
From a voluntary White House framework to a 90-minute compliance order: how the US began treating frontier AI models as dual-use technology subject to government control.

Inside the Week OpenAI Admitted It May Have Built Something It Can't Fully Control
OpenAI's unreleased Astra model has triggered the first serious consideration of the Critical tier in its cybersecurity framework — and the company is now pausing, monitoring, and inviting outside scrutiny.

Ireland's New AI Regulator Has a Name — But Not Yet Full Teeth
Paul Byrne has been named first Chief Executive of the AI Office of Ireland — with a 2 August launch deadline, a Bill still moving through the Oireachtas, and an unresolved market surveillance question.
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