Adrian Weckler

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5,914 appearances 41 recordings 9 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 6d ago

Adrian Weckler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 41 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 12.

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The Big Tech Show · America's AI kill switch — why Donald Trump now decides whether we get Claude and ChatGPT in Europe · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Are we watering down our enforcement here in Ireland? voice-verified

But also in terms of funding here, because there was mooted potentially a levy on industry that might have gone to help fund an AI office. voice-verified

That seems to be gone. voice-verified

It kind of all points to a slightly lighter approach, a lighter touch to this. voice-verified

That's the way it will be interpreted, that this is a lighter touch of regulation on AI. voice-verified

And that, by the way, that may well be welcomed by quite a lot of constituencies. voice-verified

I've had people in this podcast studio who complain that regulation of AI is too burdensome and they've got to take their startups abroad. voice-verified

But there is often an accusation pointed at Ireland, sometimes unfairly, but that we are open to discussions about how to make our regulation lighter. voice-verified

Their budgets haven't gone up much. voice-verified

I mean, this week, the DPC publishes its annual report. voice-verified

I think their budget has gone up by voice-verified

1 million euro in the last year or something like that despite all of this new activity. voice-verified

Yeah, you had Commission of Man regulars and DBC commissioners. voice-verified

I was at that. voice-verified

I was really struck by what they said. voice-verified

They said voice-verified

not that common for senior regulators on a stage to say, look, there is an issue here, a crunch issue with resourcing. voice-verified

If we don't get it, there's going to be negative consequences. voice-verified

But that's a choice that we in the state have. voice-verified

And maybe through this bill we're making that choice. voice-verified

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