Advanced MCUs Bring AI to Cost-Sensitive Applications

Advanced MCUs Bring AI to Cost-Sensitive Applications

Because health trackers must be compact and lightweight, they require compact MCUs with integrated analog and digital peripherals that occupy only a few square millimeters of PCB real estate. Other applications that can make use of NNs include smart home systems. Such systems often employ an audio subsystem charged with detecting a spoken wakeup word….

BAE Systems partners with Scale AI for agentic AI defence offering

BAE Systems partners with Scale AI for agentic AI defence offering

A pair of German CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters simulated in OneArc’s VBS4 virtual desktop training environment (BAE Systems) BAE Systems and Scale AI have signed a “strategic relationship agreement to accelerate the development and fielding of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities” to support Department of Defense (DoD) mission environments and operational platforms, BAE Systems announced on…

Unsanctioned AI and the Workplace: Who is Liable When Technology Goes Wrong?

Unsanctioned AI and the Workplace: Who is Liable When Technology Goes Wrong?

For many HR teams, the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is happening at such a pace that it is outpacing the very policies designed to govern its safe and ethical use. From research tools and diagnostics to chatbots and decision-making systems, AI promises augmentation and support like no other. Yet, while there’s no denying the potential…

Local AI Agents Guide: Setup, Safety, and Workflows for 2026

Local AI Agents Guide: Setup, Safety, and Workflows for 2026

Local AI agents are autonomous systems that run directly on personal devices, offering capabilities like task automation, workflow management and personalized assistance. Unlike cloud-based systems, they operate locally, emphasizing data privacy and customization. In the video below Tina Huang breaks down the essential components that enable these agents to function effectively, such as hosting environments,…

At Berklee, aspiring composers worry AI threatens their future

At Berklee, aspiring composers worry AI threatens their future

For centuries, the process of writing music has been the same, whether it’s done with pencil and paper or a computer: The art involves expressing human ideas through music. Generative artificial intelligence threatens to upend that, and that dynamic is playing out at Berklee College of Music, one of the world’s top music schools. Students…

Inside Amazon’s AI Sprawl Problem: More Tools, More Data, Less Control

Inside Amazon’s AI Sprawl Problem: More Tools, More Data, Less Control

Amazon’s AI boom is creating a new kind of mess: A growing bloat of internal tools and duplicated data. Loading audio narration… Some teams are rapidly building their own AI-powered applications to automate workflows and organize information. But that creative explosion is also causing problems, such as software and data duplication, according to an internal…

Agencies report over 3,000 AI use cases in 2025

Agencies report over 3,000 AI use cases in 2025

The Office of Management and Budget unveiled the completed 2025 Federal Agency Artificial Intelligence Use Case Inventory, documenting 3,611 individual use cases across 56 submitting agencies.  This represents a 105% increase from 2024’s reported use cases, which came in at 1,757.  Pursuant to several executive actions and congressional laws, including the 2023 National Defense Authorization…