Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing many aspects of how we work and live. (How many stories did you read last week about self-driving cars and job-stealing robots? Perhaps your holiday shopping involved some AI algorithms, as well.) But despite the constant flow of news, many misconceptions about AI remain.
AI doesn’t think in our sense of the word at all, Scriffignano explains. “In many ways, it’s not really intelligence. It’s regressive.”
IT leaders should make deliberate choices about what AI can and can’t do on its own. “You have to pay attention to giving AI autonomy intentionally and not by accident,”
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https://www.synopsys.com/glossary/what-is-an-ai-accelerator.html
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https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/ai-drives-microchip-technology/
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Real-Time AI Object Detection Testing (Pi5 AI Kit vs. NVIDIA Jetson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUvvKThcjFA
00:00 – Intro
01:04 – Technical Considerations
02:50 – Pi5 Install Setup
05:22 – Pi5 Tech Demo
11:36 – Jetson Install Setup
14:06 – Jetson Tech Demo
19:45 – Observations
20:58 – Closing Thoughts
In this video, we dive into the real-time object detection and classification capabilities of small AI-capable edge devices. Specifically, we explore the Raspberry Pi 5 with the Hailo AI kit and the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super, showcasing how these devices perform in edge AI applications.
We begin by walking through the setup process for both devices, showing the steps needed to get the provided object detection and classification examples up and running. Afterward, we run technical demos to test and compare the performance of each device. Finally, we discuss the differences between the two, including price considerations, technical capabilities, and the overall user experience with low-power edge devices for AI.
Whether you’re considering the Raspberry Pi 5 or Jetson Orin Nano for your next AI project, this video will give you a clear understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and real-world performance.
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Is the new Raspberry Pi AI Kit better than Google Coral?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3OYCg-Ak4Q
I’ve got my hands on the new Raspberry Pi AI Kit, an M.2 Hat with the Halio 8L module onboard. This brings advanced AI capabilities to the Raspberry Pi 5, and offloads this to the Neural Processing Unit.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.viam.com/post/your-ultimate-guide-to-raspberry-pi-5-now-fully-supported-on-viam
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https://www.restack.io/p/raspberry-pi-4-ai-tops-answer-open-source-hardware
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https://itsfoss.com/llms-for-raspberry-pi/
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https://qengineering.eu/deep-learning-with-raspberry-pi-and-alternatives.html
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft is creating a new “CoreAI – Platform and Tools” unit led by Jay Parikh, the ex-Lacework CEO and Meta engineering executive who joined in October 2024 — Microsoft is creating a new engineering division, led by the former global head of engineering at Facebook (now Meta)
Microsoft creates new AI platform and tools division, led by former Facebook engineering chief
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-creates-new-ai-platform-and-tools-division-led-by-former-facebook-engineering-chief-jay-parikh/
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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Raspberry AI, which uses AI to turn fashion designer sketches into realistic images and has ~70 clients including Under Armour, raised an a16z-led $24M Series A
Raspberry AI raises $24M from a16z to accelerate fashion design
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/raspberry-ai-raises-24m-from-a16z-to-accelerate-fashion-design/
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New York Times:
OpenAI publishes a “economic blueprint” for “AI in America”, calling on the new Trump admin to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/technology/openai-economic-blueprint.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o04.E9Zr.uXoo7vgO5H05&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Suomi jäämässä jälkeen GeAi-tekoälyn käytössä
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2025/01/14/suomi-jaamassa-jalkeen-geai-tekoalyn-kaytossa/
Suomi on vaarassa jäädä jälkeen generatiivisen tekoälyn (GenAI) hyödyntämisessä, selviää Boston Consulting Groupin (BCG) tuoreesta raportista. Selvityksen mukaan vain 18 prosenttia suomalaisista työntekijöistä hyödyntää generatiivista tekoälyä viikoittain, kun muissa Euroopan maissa sitä käyttää jo 54 prosenttia työntekijöistä.
Generatiivisen tekoälyn hidas käyttöönotto näkyy Boston Consultingin mukaan myös muissa Pohjoismaissa ja koko alue on jäämässä selvästi jälkeen Euroopan ja globaalien kilpailijoiden vauhdista.
”Suomi on jäämässä odotettua kauemmas kansainvälisestä tekoälykilpailusta. Kyse ei ole pelkästään teknologian käyttöönotosta, vaan siitä, miten säästetty aika suunnataan yritykselle arvoa tuottaviin tehtäviin. Tällä on suora yhteys talouskasvuun”, toteaa BCG:n osakas Santeri Kirvelä.
Hyödyntämisen suurin este on sopivan ohjauksen ja tuen puute merkittävin. Suomessa vain 24 prosenttia työntekijöistä on saanut työnantajalta koulutusta generatiivisen tekoälyn käyttöön, mikä on alhaisin prosentti jopa koko Pohjoismaissa. Tehokkaan ajansäästön saavuttaminen edellyttää kahta avaintekijää: kohdennettua tukea ja ohjausta sekä työkalujen integrointia osaksi arkea.
BCG:n raportin mukaan Suomen konservatiivinen lähestymistapa generatiiviseen tekoälyteknologiaan voi johtaa kilpailukyvyn heikkenemiseen. Hitaus teknologian omaksumisessa saattaa yrityksen mukaan vähentää yritysten markkinaosuutta ja siirtää korkeapalkkaisia työpaikkoja muille alueille.
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/nordic-genai-complacency?utm_source=email_other&utm_campaign=local_ai_general_organic_nordics_nordic-gen-ai-complacency%20_2025-01-14
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Technology
OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users
The new software, codenamed “Operator,” is set to be released in January.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-13/openai-nears-launch-of-ai-agents-to-automate-tasks-for-users
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed “Operator” that can use a computer to take actions on a person’s behalf, such as writing code or booking travel, according to two people familiar with the matter.
In a staff meeting on Wednesday, OpenAI’s leadership announced plans to release the tool in January as a research preview and through the company’s application programming interface for developers, said one of the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
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I am thrilled by Nvidia’s cute petaflop mini PC wonder, and it’s time for Jensen’s law: it takes 100 months to get equal AI performance for 1/25th of the cost
https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-am-thrilled-by-nvidias-cute-petaflop-mini-pc-wonder-and-its-time-for-jensens-law-youll-get-the-same-ai-performance-for-1-25th-of-the-price-in-100-months
Nvidia’s desktop super computer is probably the greatest revolution in tech hardware since the IBM PC
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Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Entrapment: The Digital Chains of AI Interaction
Can LLMs “capture” human thought?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-digital-self/202501/cognitive-entrapment-the-digital-chains-of-ai-interaction
Key points
LLMs may create a seductive trap through perfect responsiveness and endless engagement.
These systems can shape our thinking through feedback loops that reinforce our existing beliefs.
As we “engage” with AI minds, we might slowly surrender our intellectual independence.
Have you ever found yourself lost in conversation with a large language model (LLM), time slipping by as you explore increasingly fascinating tangents? You’re not alone. LLMs have introduced something rather unique and curious in human experience: an intellectual companion that never tires, never judges, and seems to understand exactly how to keep us engaged. This isn’t just another technology—it’s a new form of cognitive relationship that may unconsciously reshape our patterns of thought and inquiry.
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Microsoft forms a new AI org with a former Meta executive at the helm
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-forms-a-new-ai-org-with-a-former-meta-executive-at-the-helm/#google_vignette
Microsoft published a memo sent from Satya Nadella to the company’s employees about the opening of a new organization called “CoreAI — Platform and Tools.”
The newly formed division will bring Dev Div, AI Platform, and “some key teams” from AI Supercomputer, AI Agentic Runtimes, and Engineering Thrive to “build the end-to-end Copilot & AI stack for both our first-party and third-party customers to build and run AI apps and agents.” It will also work on GitHub Copilot.
CoreAI — Platform and Tools has a former Meta engineer at its helm. Jay Parikh will lead the group, and Eric Boyd (Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s AI Platform), Jason Taylor (Corporate Vice President and Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft), Julia Liuson (President of Microsoft’s Developer Division), and Tim Bozarth (Head of Developer Infrastructure at Microsoft), with their teams, will report to Parikh. He will also work with Mustafa Suleyman, EVP of the Microsoft AI division founded in March 2024, which keeps under its umbrella products like Copilot, Edge, and Bing.
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Nvidia julkaisi kiinnostavan laitteen – Onko Linux-pöytäkoneiden aikakausi vihdoin alkanut?
13.1.202516:07|päivitetty13.1.202516:07
Nvidian uusi Linux-pöytätietokone on suunnattu ensisijaisesti tekoälykehittäjille.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/nvidia-julkaisi-kiinnostavan-laitteen-onko-linux-poytakoneiden-aikakausi-vihdoin-alkanut/6423e11c-ce56-4504-a215-13bc9bd6118d
Moni on varmasti kuullut aiemmin puhetta Linux-pöytäkoneiden aikakauden alkamisesta. Nvidian uusi kiinnostusta herättänyt Project Digits -pöytäkone on tuonut aiheen uudestaan pinnalle.
Mediatekin ja Nvidian Grace Blackwell Superchip -sirulla varustettu Project Digits on 3000 dollarin hintainen pöytätietokone, uutissivusto ZD Net kertoo. Tietokoneessa yhdistetään Nvidian Blackwell -näytönohjain ja arm-arkkitehtuuria hyödyntävä 20-ytiminen Grace-suoritin. Siru tarjoaa yhden petaflopin suorituskyvyn FP4-tarkkuudella ja tukee 200 miljardin parametrin kokoisia suuria kielimalleja. Project Digitsin käyttöjärjestelmä on DGX OS, joka on muokattu versio Ubuntu Linux 22.04 -jakelusta
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Getting an all-optical AI to handle non-linear math
Instead of sensing photons and processing the results, why not process the photons?
Jacek Krywko – 12. tammik. 2025 14.07 | 95
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/getting-an-all-optical-ai-to-handle-non-linear-math/
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says Microsoft “repackaged OpenAI and dropped it into Excel” — Customers barely use Copilot, and that’s when they don’t have a ChatGPT license
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-says-microsoft-repackaged-openai-and-dropped-it-into-excel-customers-barely-use-copilot-and-thats-when-they-dont-have-a-chatgpt-license
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/researchers-open-source-sky-t1-a-reasoning-ai-model-that-can-be-trained-for-less-than-450/
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6 AI Tools Every Developer Needs for Better Code
https://www.tecmint.com/best-ai-coding-assistants/
In today’s fast-paced world, developers are constantly looking for ways to improve their productivity and streamline their workflows. With the rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), developers now have a wide range of AI-powered tools at their disposal to make their coding experience faster, easier, and more efficient.
These tools can automate repetitive tasks, help write cleaner code, detect bugs early, and even assist in learning new programming languages.
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Building generative AI applications is too hard, developers say
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3633272/building-generative-ai-applications-is-too-hard-developers-say.html
A new survey reveals that AI developers face many challenges, including a skills gap and frustration with immature processes and inadequate tools.
Process challenges
Unsurprisingly, one key issue is the skills gap. Less than one quarter of application developers (24%) consider themselves experts in generative AI when asked to rate their proficiency and professional experience in the field. Among the seven self-identified categories of developer surveyed (AI developer, data scientist, software engineer, system developer, machine learning (ML) engineer, software developer, IT engineer, AI engineer, and application developer), the only groups in which a majority considered themselves experts in generative AI were the AI developers and data scientists. Less than half of those styling themselves as ML engineers (43%) and AI engineers (38%) view themselves as generative AI experts.
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How to Talk to Any Database Using AI – Build Your Own SQL Query Data Extractor
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/talk-to-databases-using-ai-build-a-sql-query-data-extractor/
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https://www.copilotkit.ai/
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Google maps the future of AI agents: Five lessons for businesses
https://venturebeat.com/ai/google-maps-the-future-of-ai-agents-five-lessons-for-businesses/
A new Google white paper, titled “Agents“, imagines a future where AI takes on a more active and independent role in business. Published without much fanfare in September, the 42-page document is now gaining attention on X.com (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn.
It introduces the concept of AI agents — software systems designed to go beyond today’s AI models by reasoning, planning and taking actions to achieve specific goals. Unlike traditional AI systems, which generate responses based solely on pre-existing training data, AI agents can interact with external systems, make decisions and complete complex tasks on their own.
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Britannian johtama JEF-ryhmä ryhtyi seuraamaan Venäjän varjolaivastoa tekoälyn avulla
Järjestelmään on rekisteröity Venäjän varjolaivaston laivoja ja se hälyttää, jos ne lähestyvät kriittistä infrastruktuuria, kuten sähkö-, kaasu- tai tietoliikenneyhteyksiä.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20135205
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Get started with the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/get-started-with-the-raspberry-pi-ai-hat/
In this quick tutorial, our documentation lead Nate Contino explains how to get your Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ working.
If you’re interested in learning more about Raspberry Pi’s imaging and computer vision tools, our Senior Principal Engineer, Naushir Patuck, recently hosted a webinar with DigiKey. You can sign up to watch it on demand if you missed it.
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Sam Altman: OpenAI’s New Model Passes AGI Threshold
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/sam-altman-openais-new-model-passes-agi-threshold/
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Graph Generative Pre-trained Transformer (G2PT): An Auto-Regressive Model Designed to Learn Graph Structures through Next-Token Prediction
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/01/05/graph-generative-pre-trained-transformer-g2pt-an-auto-regressive-model-designed-to-learn-graph-structures-through-next-token-prediction/
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Nvidia brings GenAI to the physical world with Cosmos
Jensen Huang outlines Nvidia’s vision for the future of AI and robotics
https://www.techspot.com/news/106259-nvidia-brings-genai-physical-world-cosmos.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.edn.com/ai-at-the-edge-its-just-getting-started/#google_vignette
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https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-ai-unveils-strange-chip-functionalities.html#google_vignette
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https://ollama.com/library/phi4
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Meta proposes new scalable memory layers that improve knowledge, reduce hallucinations
https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-proposes-new-scalable-memory-layers-that-improve-knowledge-reduce-hallucinations/
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Kalliista palvelusta tuli liian suosittu – tuottaa tappiota
8.1.202520:31
Vaikka ChatGPT Pro -tilaus maksaa 190 euroa kuussa, se ei siltikään tuota OpenAI:lle voittoa.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/kalliista-palvelusta-tuli-liian-suosittu-tuottaa-tappiota/049fd970-d690-45d9-8b42-83bc06a02eae
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.edn.com/synaptics-partners-with-google-to-advance-edge-ai/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/01/10/google-ai-just-released-timesfm-2-0-jax-and-pytorch-on-hugging-face-with-a-significant-boost-in-accuracy-and-maximum-context-length/
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Top 9 Different Types of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAGs)
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/01/10/top-9-different-types-of-retrieval-augmented-generation-rags/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/7-chatgpt-hacks-to-maximize-your-productivity-heres-how-to-try-them
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.techspot.com/news/106303-microsoft-apparently-handing-out-big-bonuses-prevent-poaching.html
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How to use Google Deep Research to save hours of time
Google’s new AI-powered tool does deep analysis on complex topics.
https://www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-use-google-deep-research/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://towardsdatascience.com/linearizing-llama-ef7266d03050
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https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ai-automations-for-workflow-efficiency/
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https://dev.to/andrewbaisden/my-ultimate-toolkit-10-ai-tools-that-boost-productivity-3paj
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Nvidia is preparing for the post-GPU AI era as it is reportedly recruits ASIC engineers to fend off competition from Broadcom and Marvell
News
By Efosa Udinmwen published 2 days ago
Nvidia recruits 1,000 engineers in Taiwan to strengthen ASIC expertise
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nvidia-is-preparing-for-the-post-gpu-ai-era-as-it-is-reportedly-recruiting-asic-engineers-to-fend-off-competition-from-broadcom-and-marvell
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LlamaV-o1 is the AI model that explains its thought process—here’s why that matters
https://venturebeat.com/ai/llamav-o1-is-the-ai-model-that-explains-its-thought-process-heres-why-that-matters/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.howtogeek.com/chatgpt-is-the-household-item-tracker-ive-been-wanting-for-years/
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Nokia suddenly has a growth story again – and it’s all about AI
AI data center investments in the UK and other countries could pay off handsomely for the Finnish vendor.
https://www.lightreading.com/ai-machine-learning/nokia-suddenly-has-a-growth-story-again-and-it-s-all-about-ai
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LlamaV-o1: Rethinking Step-by-step Visual Reasoning in LLMs
https://huggingface.co/papers/2501.06186
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Mathematical technique ‘opens the black box’ of AI decision-making
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-mathematical-technique-black-ai-decision.html#google_vignette