Teaching With AI Around the World: A Q&A with Gavin Doyle in Ireland
From Dublin, Gavin Doyle shares how AI has the potential to give more students access to support they might not otherwise receive.
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LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution The proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world from Chile to Ireland, a report has found. In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-related lawsuits filed since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by the London School of Economics (LSE) found a growing number of cases challenging the energy sources, water consumption and air pollution of datacentres, all of which have related climate implications. Continue reading...
Read full articleFrom Dublin, Gavin Doyle shares how AI has the potential to give more students access to support they might not otherwise receive.
They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros? The two great existential threats of our time – the climate crisis and AI – come hurtling together in the explosion of datacentres across Australia and around the world. You can hardly avoid hearing about them these days, either with awed reverence of the promised benefits to humankind or with fear and anger given the implications for the climate, inflation, jobs and even housing affordability. Continue reading...
Codelco's production issues amid rising copper demand could exacerbate global supply deficits, impacting industries reliant on copper. The post Chile reviews Codelco’s future amid global copper demand surge appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentres The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK’s AI strategy at risk. Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)’s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland. That motion has been sent to the Scottish government to consider. Continue reading...
Another 500 Bitcoins were recovered by the Irish authorities as part of the investigation. This was an international criminal group engaged in drug trafficking where cryptocurrency proceeds were used. The recovery was announced in a Facebook statement and in an X post by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) on July
Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) reportedly pulled another 500 bitcoin out of a decade-dormant wallet this week, bringing its 2026 recovery total from a single cannabis dealer’s stash to 1,500 BTC, worth more than $92 million at current prices. The bureau, working with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, has now accessed three of 12 wallets tied […]
The rapid expansion of off-grid gas plants for data centers risks exacerbating air pollution and environmental justice issues nationwide. The post Dozens of off-grid gas plants built for data centers raise air quality concerns appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Ireland has launched a financial crime strategy that includes legal updates aimed at freezing and confiscating crypto assets tied to illicit activity.