Someone Built an AI Interface for Industrial Equipment, and It’s Kind of Wild
Author(s): Gowtham Boyina Originally published on Towards AI. The Concept That Made Me Stop Scrolling I was browsing GitHub late last night and came across something called “IoT-Edge-MCP-Server.” The tagline caught me: “MCP server for Industrial IoT, SCADA and PLC systems.” Here’s …
Mastering the AI Paradox of Progress to Solve Your Mid-Career Crisis
Author(s): Sneha Originally published on Towards AI. The Experienced Professional’s AI Playbook If you are a millennial or Gen X professional watching the AI wave crash over your industry, you are probably feeling something between excitement and existential dread. Maybe both at …
Enter Project Gecko: AI in Your Pocket, Without the Premium Price Tag
Author(s): Akhilesh Yadav Originally published on Towards AI. Photo by Fikran Jabbart on Unsplash Project Gecko, as envisioned by Microsoft Research, is a multi-faceted initiative aiming to deliver powerful AI capabilities directly to resource-constrained devices, often offline. Think of it as putting …
Practical Guide to Zero-Shot Object Detection: Detect Unseen Objects Without Retraining
Author(s): Mohsin Khan Originally published on Towards AI. 1. Introduction Picture this: You need to detect a “traffic sign” in an image, but your model has never seen one before. Traditional object detection models would fail here because they rely on training …
Context Engineering: The Hidden Power Behind Smarter AI Systems
Author(s): Yuval Mehta Originally published on Towards AI. Photo by Growtika on Unsplash Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini have redefined how humans interact with machines. Yet, their intelligence often depends less on their raw power, and more on …
I Cut 80% of My Workload Using These 6 AI Workflows — And Became the Go-To Expert in My Company
Author(s): Usman Ahmad Originally published on Towards AI. From “why am I drowning?” to “why is my calendar suddenly free?” Three months ago, I was staring at my terminal as it owed me an apology. In this article, the author shares how …
TAI #181: DeepSeek’s V3.2 “Speciale” Delivery Challenges the US Frontier;
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie If the last few weeks were defined by the sheer scale of the US tech giants, with Google’s Gemini 3.0 claiming the throne and …
How to Build Your Own Relocation Navigator Agent for Tax, Social Security, and Other Admin Tasks With the Google ADK
Author(s): Laura Verghote Originally published on Towards AI. A relocation agent for cross-border tax, social security & admin navigation Having relocated myself internationally (twice), I’ve experienced firsthand how stressful, fragmented, and confusing cross-border moves can be. Even when you believe you’re well-prepared, …
The Difference Between Generative AI vs Traditional AI
Author(s): Ruben Melkonian Originally published on Towards AI. AI has become one of the defining technologies of the 21st century. It is powering everything: from systems for fraud detection to personalized recommendations on Netflix. However, in the last 3 years, generative AI …
Beyond Search: How Agentic Multimodal RAG Is Redefining AI Retrieval
Author(s): Sai Kumar Yava Originally published on Towards AI. Agentic Multimodal RAG Why Traditional RAG Falls Short If you’ve worked with Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems, you’ve probably hit their ceiling. Ask a traditional RAG system a straightforward question, and it performs admirably — …