Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock Podcast Transcripts
Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock · 660 episodes with transcripts
A weekly look at business and economics from an Irish perspective hosted by Irish Times Business Editor Ciarán Hancock. Produced in association with EY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Microsoft president Brad Smith: Ireland is “well-positioned for future of AI”
October 14, 2026
Ciarán Hancock (0:03)
Hello, and welcome to Inside Business with Ciarán Hancock. My guest this week is Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Tech giant Microsoft, one of the most senior executives in that global giant. He was in Dublin this week to speak at the government's International AI Summit in the RDS. And in my interview with…
Brad, welcome to Inside Business and thank you for joining us. You're here for the International AI Summit in Dublin, which has been hosted by the government. And you have a slightly unusual message, I think, for a business leader, in that you want more regulation, particularly around AI. Tell us about that.
Brad Smith (0:56)
Well, I just think the state of AI technology and the state of our industry is at a critical inflection point. We're almost at a fork in the road, so to speak. The power of AI, the capability of AI has moved ahead faster than safety. We need safety to catch up. And that's really my call. We need also to take the…
I do think especially when it comes to AI safety, we're going to need some laws. One of the points I've been making is that right now, there are more safety rules for a carton of milk than there is for the most powerful AI on the planet. That does not make common sense in my view. That doesn't mean we should want…
Ciarán Hancock (1:59)
Okay, we'll come on to that in a moment. But I heard you saying in your speech on the stage that you don't want AI worms in your fridge. And we've had all sorts of warnings about how AI could take over your air fryer, your oven, your microwave and your fridge and so forth. But we've also had really dire warnings…
Do you buy into that?
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