Friday, September 11, 2026

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AI and Cybersecurity

The first private artificial intelligence supercomputer cluster in the Baltics has been created

The domestic technology company Datakom and its specialized artificial intelligence department AI Datacenter Engineers have created the first private high-performance supercomputer cluster designed for running and training artificial intelligence models, informs Jūlija Pīlēna, Datakom’s marketing manager. The Datakom supercomputer cluster consists of a combination of two devices that reach a capacity of two petaflops. This means that this device every second […]

A historic deficit has begun in the computer components market

The memory shortage caused by the rapid development of artificial intelligence and data centers around the world has reached a historic level. In the business sector, computer hardware prices could increase by about 30% next year, while in the open market the rise is expected to be even sharper, an expert forecasts, pointing to significant challenges for clients in Latvia and abroad. In the global memory market, the shortage has become so great that […]

A “non-hallucinating” artificial intelligence assistant for teachers has been created

A platform specifically designed for the learning process has been developed – the Letonikas Skola tool, where teachers can create their own learning assistants and provide them with the necessary information by uploading digital versions of textbooks, literary works, or other materials. Using this content, the learning assistant can quiz students, answer their questions, prepare self-assessment tests, as well as evaluate their results, informs […]

There is chaos in the labor market even though unemployment has reached its lowest levels

A typical information technology innovation creates new jobs for IT sector employees, but someone else on the other side of the city loses their job, influence, or half of their income – accountants, taxi drivers, journalists. With generative AI it is different. Since it is based on text, it naturally affects professions that are based on language – programmers, journalists, and lawyers. Also in this case, journalists are […]

Did Amazon’s problems really bring only bad things?

Recently Amazon Web Services experienced an outage – screens went dark, dashboards stopped flickering, and the internet once again discovered that the “cloud” periodically proves it really lives up to its name. When so many systems stopped working, it was undeniably unpleasant, even painful. People will lose their jobs – including well-regarded professionals. A great deal of money was lost last week. […]

“We can be the flagships of artificial intelligence.”

In the field of research and development (R&D), Latvia’s small and medium-sized enterprises invest only when all other needs have already been covered and there is money left over. However, R&D is in fact the very foundation that makes it possible to explore and introduce unprecedented services and products. Working with scientists is often something only large and wealthy companies can afford. Guna Soloveja heads the R&D department in one […]

Greetings and thanks to Brussels

I wouldn’t want to be overly direct, but some things are too obvious to be hidden. So perhaps it’s better to be upfront already at the beginning of the article – this may protect from self-censorship later. The uncomfortable truth is this: the more laws Brussels adopts about data and digital life, the less sense it all makes. The data protection regulation, or GDPR, was at least a logical […]

An international artificial intelligence community “AI Salon” is coming to Latvia

This November in Riga, “AI Salon” – an international artificial intelligence (AI) community – will start operating, bringing together AI startup founders, developers, investors, and partners to promote cooperation, knowledge exchange, and new contacts, Tet reports. “AI Salon” operates in more than 40 cities worldwide, and in each of them we see how the power of the local community accelerates innovation and creates […]

Artificial intelligence has exploded, but don’t worry – you’ll forget your passwords anyway

In business there are only two misfortunes: one – to ignore artificial intelligence (AI), the other – to start using it in too much of a rush. This month OpenAI released GPT-5, and the world hastily proclaimed the death of imagination, the demise of accountants, and even the end of PowerPoint. Of course, none of that happened. Accountants are still billing by the hour, and PowerPoint is as immortal as the paintings in hotel corridors. And yet – […]

The Singularity of Middle Management

The world of artificial intelligence is currently neatly split into two sects. Any resemblance to the Bible is, of course, beyond your correspondent’s competence – but I still cannot resist them. One sect is waiting for the Messiah. Pardon me – AGI or superintelligence. This congregation is small but well funded; its gospel is the spreadsheet, and its hymns are sung at investor presentations. With sacred […]