University of Limerick’s Josh McGiff wants to build generative AI tools like ChatGPT to protect the integrity of the Irish language.
Do you know what artificial intelligence is as Gaeilge?
There has been plenty of chatter over the last few years about AI and specifically generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, which brought it to mainstream, competitors such as Anthropic’s Claude and complete disrupters such as DeepSeek’s R1.
But as we approach Seachtain na Gaeilge, the biggest Irish language festival in the world, SiliconRepublic.com wanted to speak to a researcher who is working on ways of preserving the Irish language.
Josh McGiff is a PhD student in AI and a lecturer in immersive software engineering at University of…