News in the Channel - issue #40

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE

Driving better decisions Ambient intelligence operates seamlessly in the background, enabling better decision-making by delivering what you need, when you need it. Rather than simply accelerating task output, your on-device AI will be proactive in the background, flagging tasks. This is where hybrid AI models are becoming critical. For instance, Lenovo’s collaboration with NVIDIA is focused on accelerating enterprise AI through hybrid architectures, combining on-device inferencing for real-time responsiveness with more powerful cloud-based systems for scale. This kind of approach underpins the always-available, context-aware intelligence that ambient systems rely on. It might remind you about a call you forgot to confirm or draft suggested talking points, so you arrive well- prepared. In every scenario in the workplace, ambient intelligence will be with you. After a meeting for example, it summarises meetings, highlights project updates and ensures you are caught up. It even replays videos if you missed something. The aim is to free employees from unnecessary mental strain, helping them focus, creating an immersive space where they can slow down and make the right decisions when needed. Keeping it personal When it comes to building ambient intelligence systems, leadership, governance and privacy-conscious design will be critical. These systems will augment human capability, but only with permission. Trust is the foundation-stone for any design and security must be built in, so people will be able to trust these systems with every part of their lives from work to leisure. Hybrid AI plays an important role here, enabling sensitive tasks to be processed locally on AI-enabled PCs and devices, while still tapping into the cloud when needed. This balance is essential to

deliver performance and privacy in ambient systems.

When speed and privacy are needed, ambient intelligence will work on your device. When scale and computing power are needed, it will use the cloud. At every stage, personal and corporate data will be respected. By sharing your experience, ambient intelligence systems can learn your intent and anticipate your every need, and by integrating these closely into systems, AI can become a valuable helper that develops its own living model of each user’s world, while also preserving their privacy. Intelligence everywhere Ambient intelligence is the evolution of AI that will allow the technology to deliver on its promise. It’s also a transformative workplace technology. By uniting every device into a super-powered personal assistant that listens, looks, remembers and even acts for you. As innovations like personal AI assistants and hybrid AI infrastructure mature, the workplace will shift from reactive tools to proactive ecosystems where intelligence is embedded, orchestrated and continuously learning across every layer of technology. AI helps workers feel less stressed, deliver more, and have more time to contemplate. Embracing ambient intelligence will be a key driver of business success going forward. n

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By sharing your experience, ambient intelligence systems can learn your intent and anticipate your every need, and by integrating these closely into systems, AI can become a valuable helper...

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