Google Launches DIY Artificial Intelligence For Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi and Alphabet have teamed up to bring Artificial Intelligence capabilities to the matchbox-sized computer. Google's new initiative, called "Artificial Intelligence Yourself" or AIY (a pun referring to Raspberry Pi's popularity with DIY enthusiasts), will add natural language processing features to Raspberry Pi 3, thanks to a "Voice HAT" (Hardware Accessory on Top) add-on, and a speaker. HAT is being given for free with Mag Pi, the £5.99 official Raspberry Pi magazine, alongside a microphone, a speaker and cables. It is understood that the suite might be re-released on the market at a later date, but no further details are known. Powering the HAT will be Google Assistant's SDK, Alphabet's natural language-understanding API, first introduced in 2016 as a potential rival for Apple's Siri.