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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 […]

“Delska” is building the most powerful infrastructure in the region

At a time when the volume of company data is literally exploding, IT continuity and secure data storage are becoming a critical prerequisite for business growth. Latvian data center operator “Delska” (formerly DEAC), which has recently attracted substantial investments from a Luxembourg fund, is responding to this demand by building the most powerful data center in the Baltics. The new data center in Riga, on Latgales Street with a total capacity of 10 MW, will become […]

Technology created in Latvia makes it possible to mine Bitcoin and produce heat at the same time

The Latvia-founded company Power Mining has this year created a unique data center that converts the heat generated during Bitcoin mining into district heating energy. This technology makes it possible to recover up to 95% of the heat produced by servers and transfer it into the city’s heating network, providing heating for approximately 2,000 households. In Europe, data centers already consume more than 3% of the continent’s total electricity, and […]

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. […]

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 – […]

In the VDAA competition for the development of an election platform, Emergn and RIX Technologies have been invited to participate

In the State Digital Development Agency’s (VDAA) tender for the development or adaptation of an election platform for the Saeima elections, the companies AS Emergn and AS RIX Technologies have applied to participate in the restricted procedure, according to information in the Electronic Procurement System (EIS). In a restricted tender, anyone interested may apply, but the contracting authority itself chooses which companies to invite to submit bids. Information on the VDAA website shows that, according to the agency’s estimates […]

It is possible to obtain a certificate on a car’s insurance history free of charge

On the Latvian Motor Insurers’ Bureau (LTAB) website http://www.ltab.lv, it is possible to request, free of charge, a certificate of a person’s insurance history accumulated in Latvia, for submission to foreign insurers. Likewise, on this site drivers can submit to Latvian insurers a certificate of their insurance history accumulated abroad. “Latvia is one of the first countries in Europe to offer a centralized electronic system for the exchange of insurance history information, thereby allowing car owners […]

Latvian Codex takes over Norwegian Visma Consulting: More employees will be needed

Latvian information technology systems programming company Codex Ltd. has completed a merger with Visma Consulting Ltd., a Visma Group company previously owned by a Norwegian firm. After the merger, Codex has obtained sole decisive control over Visma Consulting and has established a new subsidiary, Digitex Ltd., with a new management board and registered office. As a result, the client base has expanded and the company’s market share has increased […]