AI news from Haaga-Helia 10/2025

AI Spark – AI Start Community Event

Time: 14 October 16–18 | Place: Helsinki XR Center

Whether you’re building your first proof-of-concept, scaling a service to new markets, or simply curious about how AI might fit into your next move, this gathering is designed to give you both inspiration and practical insights.

Welcome to a relaxed after-work happening with pizza! 

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MLOps Meetup Helsinki #7: LLMOps + LLM/AI-agent evaluations

Time: 6 November 17.30–22 | Place: Haaga-Helia's Pasila campus

The MLOps Community fills the swiftly growing need to share real-world Machine Learning Operations best practices from engineers in the field.

Join us on Nov 6th for talks from local practitioners building with and for LLMs, agents, and the latest in AI. No fluff – just real stories, practical takeaways, and good people.

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Webinar in Finnish: Accelerating AI scaling through leadership

Time: 11 November 9–10.30 | Place: online

This webinar is especially designed for companies and public sector organizations interested in learning more about AI leadership during the AI transformation. You’ll hear experiences, perspectives, and practical examples of how AI capabilities can be scaled into business value. Speakers include AI management professionals from SOK and other organizations. The free of charge webinar is organized by Haaga-Helia’s AI Skaalaajat project which is co-funded by the European Union and the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council.

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Join AI Skaalaajat project

The AI Skaalaajat project already includes over 20 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Uusimaa region, and there is still room for new companies to join. This year, we have organized six co-creation events. We are also collaborating with several companies on AI-driven POC projects that result in concrete technical prototypes. The project is a joint initiative between Haaga-Helia and Metropolia, and it is co-funded by the European Union and the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council. 

Read more about AI Skaalaajat

What kind of GenAI toolkit would help you?

In the GAIK project, we are creating a toolkit for Generative AI solution development and implementation. Your input will help us to set the priorities and shape the toolkit. Answering our survey takes less than 5 minutes. Thank you for your help! 

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Smart furniture bot Kalustebotti helps school janitors

The Kalustebotti was developed in the ÄLYÄ project co-funded by the European Union to meet the needs of the Education division of the City of Helsinki. The application brings maintenance expertise to wherever the furniture is.

Read about Kalustebotti (in Finnish)

HosByte project’s service robot prototypes continue

As part of the HosByte: Smart Omnichannel Sales in the Hospitality Industry project, trials have been carried out during spring and autumn 2025 to test how well the Keenon T5 service robot fits into various hospitality sector tasks. The robot has been tested in a lunch restaurant, a hotel, a co-working space, and a hostel. The testing will culminate in October 2025 at Linnanmäki amusement park, where the robot will support employees and entertain customers as part of the annual Light Carnival.

In addition to Linnanmäki, other partners in the testing have included Powered By Yonoton Ltd, UNITY Helsinki Ltd, and Eurohostel Ltd. The HosByte project is co-funded by the European Union and the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council.

Artificial intelligence’s opportunities and risks for healthy lifestyles were explored in a Ulysseus Conference

The Ulysseus Innovation Hub on Ageing and Well-being explored Artificial intelligence’s opportunities and risks for healthy lifestyles in a conference at the University of Côte d'Azur in Nice, on September 25th and 26th. Principal Lecturer Lili Aunimo gave a presentation entitled: "Dialog modelling for medical chat and sentiment analysis for better service quality". Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences contributes to the activities of the hub by bringing in expertise on artificial intelligence, among others.

New AI opportunities for companies – GAIK project brought specialists to Haaga-Helia

Generative AI for smarter knowledge work seminar brought together nearly 100 entrepreneurs, consultants, AI and IT specialists, researchers and teachers at the Haaga-Helia Pasila campus and on a virtual event platform.

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AI helps clarify news – final seminar brought together industry players

How can generative artificial intelligence be utilised in plain language journalism? At the final seminar of the AI-assisted news content targeting
project, presentations were given by Yle's Selkouutiset (Easy News) and Helsingin Sanomat, and the results of the project were presented.

Read story on the final seminar

In a hotel of tomorrow: AI as a tool in hospitality

What is the relationship between humans and machines in serving us in the hotel of the future? How should artificial intelligence be utilised right now in the hospitality industry, and what kind of concrete tasks does it perform?

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Learning materials on clever technology

The purpose of the ÄLYÄ project, which ended in September, was to promote the circular economy of furniture by utilising artificial intelligence and smart automation. The project produced three open learning materials – explore them for free:

Älykästä teknologiaa: tekoälyavusteinen käytettyjen materiaalien kauppa

Älykästä teknologiaa: luova tekoäly kalusteiden arvioinnissa ja arvon määrittelyssä

Älykästä teknologiaa: tekoälyavusteinen käytettyjen kalusteiden mainosviestintä

How are large language models changing essay answers?

Read the article: How Large Language Models Are Changing MOOC Essay Answers: A Comparison of Pre-and Post-LLM Responses

Read the blogs of Haaga-Helia's experts on artificial intelligence.

AI-enhanced coaching for young immigrant entrepreneurs: the role of custom GPTs

Key AI technologies in language learning

AI Innovation HUB for Business and Education: a dynamic platform for collaboration

Onko sillä robotilla jo nimi?

Tekoälykuvat organisaatioviestinnässä: varmista aitous ja merkitys

Tekoälylukutaidosta keinoja disinformaation torjuntaan

Tekoälyagentit julkishallintoa tehostamaan

Tulevaisuus muuttaa myös valmistavaa teollisuutta

Ethical Considerations in the AI Lifecycle for Design, Developing and Adopting AI in Public Sector – the Case of Finland

Perceived Quality of Service in Primary Health Care Based on Google Maps Reviews Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sentiment Analysis

Evaluating Generative AI Technology Choices and Software Frameworks for Developing AI Solutions in Business

Building a Generative AI Toolkit for Leveraging Knowledge Processes:  The GAIK Project Report

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