Tag: AI

Nordic Semiconductor simplifies edge AI for billions of IoT devices

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Nordic Semiconductor simplifies edge AI for billions of IoT devices

Nordic Semiconductor, a global contributor in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, is bringing AI intelligence and functionality to the smallest battery-powered IoT devices. With an ultra-low-power Edge AI solution, Nordic accelerates the arrival of a new generation of devices with integrated edge AI intelligence – combining energy efficiency with unmatched ease of use for developers. nRF54LM20B – New ultra-low-power, large-memory wireless SoC with Axon NPU Custom Neuton models – Ultra-tiny edge AI models Nordic Edge AI Lab – Development tool, simplifying and accelerating edge AI development “AI factories train intelligence, but…

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AI-powered voice assistant to help public transit communications

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AI-powered voice assistant to help public transit communications

Transit Technologies has announced the launch of an AI-powered voice assistant for trip management with the aim of improving accessible public mobility. Intelligent Voice Assistant (IVA) for Trip Management enables paratransit and demand-response riders to check, change, or cancel trips using natural, conversational language without menus, no hold times, and no app required. Real-time trip updates Designed to modernise rider communication and relieve overburdened call centres, IVA integrates directly with scheduling platforms like Ecolane and CTS Software’s TripMaster, providing real-time trip updates and automating up to 80 per cent of…

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Saudi Arabia to launch AI Innovation Centre

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Saudi Arabia to launch AI Innovation Centre

Riyadh’s King Saud University (KSU) has signed a strategic partnership agreement to launch a joint AI Innovation Centre serving as a platform for AI use cases and research applications across multiple sectors and talent development in Saudi Arabia. In parallel, partner SenseTime MEA is also building a GPU cluster to provide the computing capacity to support the AI Innovation Centre, alongside clients and other stakeholders to scale initiatives in smart cities, environmental monitoring, logistics, energy, space science, and more. AI-assisted teaching The deployment with KSU will primarily focus on teaching,…

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SAKURA-II: Unleash Cloud-Grade AI at the Edge

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Unleash Cloud-Grade AI at the Edge

EdgeCortix was founded with a transformative vision: “Bring cloud-level artificial intelligence (AI) performance to the edge—enabling real-time, low-power AI computing in resource-constrained environments.” That vision has been brought to life in SAKURA-II, the flagship AI accelerator redefining how businesses deploy intelligent systems everywhere from the factory floor to city streets. SAKURA-II is specially designed for edge AI tasks, delivering up to 60 TOPS of performance with top-tier power efficiency—outperforming traditional edge GPUs by up to 5 times in performance per watt. Thanks to EdgeCortix’s flexible dataflow-based Dynamic Neural Accelerator® (DNA)…

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How US utilities are embracing AI and grid-edge intelligence

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How US utilities are embracing AI and grid-edge intelligence

Itron’s 2025 Resourcefulness Report finds the rapid adoption is due to unprecedented pressures such as surging demand from electrification and AI data centres. North American utilities are adopting data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and grid-edge intelligence far faster than anticipated according to a new report which reveals that more than four fifths are already using AI. In Itron’s survey of 500 electric utility executives across the US and Canada, responses indicated that as US grid assets age out, utilities are turning to AI for proactive planning purposes. Integrated AI-related technologies…

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