{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/69677bef90f7d9d87f9510e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Government Fast-Tracks Law to Fine Tech Giants for AI Abuse - 14/01/2026","description":"<p>Ministers are to rush through laws that will allow companies misusing artificial intelligence to be hit with massive fines.</p><p><br></p><p>The law will set out eight harmful uses of AI that contravene common values because they violate fundamental rights.</p><p><br></p><p>It is not clear whether they will specifically address the “nudification” issues that have caused a furore over Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, although amendments can be made.</p><p>It could mean fines running into the tens of thousands or millions of euro for large platforms found to be in breach.</p><p><br></p><p>The new law will grade each type of AI use by risk, and include penalties for violations, with fines of up to €35m or 7pc of global annual turnover, whichever is higher, depending on the violation.</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Barry O’Sullivan from the School of Computer Science &amp; IT, and Member of the Irish Government’s AI Advisory Council, whol told us more about this.</p>","author_name":"lmfm "}