{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/619faf1af8d4dc0013bca20f/69fb3ce0921510d4c17ce141?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"PrepayPower are hiking their prices - will other energy suppliers soon follow suit?","description":"<p>First up on this episode of Inside Business, the rising cost of living. </p><p><br></p><p>Prepay Power last week became the first Irish energy supplier to announce an increase in its prices since the Middle East conflict began.</p><p><br></p><p>Daragh Cassidy is Head of Communications at consumer advice website bonkers.ie, and he joins host Ciarán Hancock to discuss the outlook for a range of consumer prices, and whether other energy suppliers would follow Prepay Power’s lead and increase their prices.</p><p><br></p><p>In the second half of this episode, Professor at the School of Computer Science &amp; IT at UCC, Barry O’Sullivan, joins Ciarán to get under the skin of artificial intelligence and its poor image. </p><p><br></p><p>Some say it will cure cancer and solve climate change; while others view it as a threat to humanity and something that will take away all our jobs. </p><p><br></p><p>Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound.</p>","author_name":"Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock"}