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  • In addition to using knowledge power to profile and micro-target their users to sell more ads, Facebook uses its algorithms to anticipate human behavior and create prediction products that make people easier to manipulate. Texas National Security Review
  • The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) forecasts GDP growth of 10.1% in 2025, while the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) expects growth to come in slightly lower at 8%. PwC
  • 2022 will see the first rafts of regulation around the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, including action to outlaw the most extreme uses of AI to manipulate human behavior and govern high-risk applications, as well as direct interactions with people. KPMG
  • The National Institute of Economic and Social Research predicted interest rates peaking at 5% in 2023 as the Bank of England was forced to response more aggressively. Daily Business
  • Ai About Smart Eye Smart Eye is the global leader in Human Insight AI, technology that understands, supports, and predicts human behavior in complex environments. PR-Inside.com
  • A leading think tank, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has warned there is a 60% chance of a UK recession at the end of 2024. The Guardian
  • Soaring inflation compounded by the war in Ukraine will see many families hit with food and energy bills greater than their disposable income, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research estimates. walesonline
  • The domestic Irish economy - measured by modified domestic demand, which strips out some of the ways multinationals can distort activity - is forecast by the Economic and Social Research Institute to expand by 2% in 2024, following 0.6% growth in 2023. The Irish Times

Last updated: 02 January 2026



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