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Implementing Instant Object Detection in Live Image Streams using TFLite in Flutter

In Flutter’s early days in 2019, I developed a live object detection system for a major German company, despite the platform’s constraints. With release of Flutter 3.7 and advancements of TensorFlow have catalyzed the need to refine or overhaul this approach. This article discusses the newest techniques in live-stream object detection as showcased in the flutter-tflite GitHub repository.

Cursor Everywhere: An experiment on shared cursors for every website

Working with collaboration tools like Miro and VS Code Live Share has transformed my expectations of collaborative interactions. However, I found myself trying to move my cursor around websites during calls with colleagues, despite not sharing my screen. It was as if I believed they could see my cursor. I even caught myself saying, 'and when I click here...', only to realize I was sharing with nothing but the void. I decided to do something about this with a project I'm calling 'Cursors Everywhere'.

Automating IFRS 17 Testing: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy in the Insurance Industry

IFRS 17, an International Financial Reporting Standard promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board, supersedes IFRS 4 regarding insurance contract accounting. Its effective date is January 1, 2023. IFRS 17 introduces a comprehensive revamp of the treatment of insurance contracts, entailing novel prerequisites for data, systems, and procedures that impact various departments within the organization, such as Investment, Actuarial, Accounting, Finance, and IT.

Will ChatGPT Save the Chatbot Industry? (Part I)

There's no denying that OpenAI's remarkable artificial intelligence applications (ChatGPT and DALL-E) have captured the zeitgeist and hurled the topic of Generative AI into every company boardroom. Conversations range from apocalyptic hand-wringing to blissful ignorance. I wonder if ChatGPT will single-handedly save the chatbot industry, or is this just another tech fad that will quickly wither and die?

Building a Real-time Snowflake Data Pipeline with Apache Kafka

In today's data-driven world, organizations seek efficient and scalable solutions for processing and analyzing vast amounts of data in real-time. One powerful combination that enables such capabilities is Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehousing platform, and Apache Kafka, a distributed streaming platform.

How to Ensure Supply Chain Security for AI Applications

Machine Learning (ML) is at the heart of the boom in AI Applications, revolutionizing various domains. From powering intelligent Large Language Model (LLM) based chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard, to enabling text-to-AI image generators like Stable Diffusion, ML continues to drive innovation. Its transformative impact advances multiple fields from genetics to medicine to finance. Without exaggeration, ML has the potential to profoundly change lives, if it hasn’t already.