The food manufacturing industry stands on the cusp of transformative change driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), promising enhanced efficiency, safety, and sustainability. By leveraging AI's predictive capabilities, the industry can significantly reduce waste, optimize resource management, and refine consumer experiences. AI's impact extends across various applications, such as supply chain management, personalized food products, and food safety measures. Innovative applications including AI-driven robotics and predictive maintenance further illustrate AI's role in automating tasks, anticipating equipment needs, and offering personalized culinary experiences. Real-world examples, like aiOla's Speech Capture Technology, showcase AI's ability to enhance data collection efficiency and crop yields, all while promoting sustainability. However, challenges such as data security, algorithmic bias, and integration costs persist, necessitating strategic planning and ethical oversight. Overall, AI promises a revolutionary shift in food manufacturing, paving the way for a future characterized by innovative, efficient, and sustainable food production practices.

Vision-Language Models (VLMs) and Visual Question Answering (VQA) are two AI technologies that bridge the gap between vision and language, transforming industries like e-commerce, healthcare, and security. While VLMs are general-purpose models capable of performing multimodal tasks such as image captioning and text-image retrieval, VQA specializes in answering questions based on visual input. Both technologies are driving innovation, making AI-powered applications more interactive, efficient, and accessible across various industries.

Discover how Gravio empowers businesses to create IoT workflows by seamlessly integrating ONVIF cameras, MQTT brokers, and Webhooks. This powerful combination enables automation and instant responses across industries like smart security, retail analytics, and emergency management.

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In this blog post we learn how to take a screenshot on a mac, send that screenshot to a local AI (in this case Llava/Ollama) and trigger an API

Tutorial on how to use Gravio, Ollama, LLaVA AI to build a local Visual Question and Answer (VQA) application. Anyone can build this solution without coding required and deploy it as a PoC or even in a production environment if the use case fits.

Webhooks are automated messages sent between apps in real-time when an event occurs, using HTTP POST requests. They deliver data instantly, reducing the need for regular API polling and bandwidth. Useful in factory automation, content management, and IoT, webhooks support efficient, real-time inter-app communication. Gravio's latest version supports both internet-based and local webhooks, enhancing data handling and responsiveness without constant polling.

Visual Question Answering (VQA) combines computer vision with natural language processing, offering a versatile AI tool for interpreting images. It has wide-ranging applications across industries but faces challenges such as high computational demands and potential biases which can be overcome by using the right tools and equipment. Gravio's integration with OpenAI demonstrates VQA's practical use, enabling organizations a chance to disrupt their respective industries. In this article, we will explore various use cases and how they may be applicable to you or a business.

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